Differences in lung injury after IMRT or proton therapy assessed by 18FDG PET imaging.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite significantly different dose distributions for IMRT and for protons, the slope of the SUV-dose linear regression line previously shown to be associated with RP did not differ between IMRT and protons. Patients who developed radiation pneumonitis had statistically significantly higher MLD and higher slope regardless of treatment modality. PMID: 29352608 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - January 15, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Shusharina N, Liao Z, Mohan R, Liu A, Niemierko A, Choi N, Bortfeld T Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research