Robustness of patient positioning for interfractional error in carbon ion radiotherapy for stage I lung cancer: Bone matching versus tumor matching.

CONCLUSIONS: TM ensured a better dose distribution than did BM. To enable TM, volumetric imaging is crucial and should replace 2D radiographs for carbon therapy of stage I lung cancer.
PMID: 29100701 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - October 31, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Sakai M, Kubota Y, Saitoh JI, Irie D, Shirai K, Okada R, Torikoshi M, Ohno T, Nakano T Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research