Cardiac Dose in Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: Results from a Statewide Consortium

ConclusionsWithin XXX, historical cardiac constraints were met in most cases. Yet one in four patients received a mean heart dose exceeding 20Gy. Future work is required to standardize heart dose constraints as well as to develop treatment approaches that allow for constraints to be met without compromising other planning goals.
Source: Practical Radiation Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research