Highlights
- •IGRT and motion management improves the delivery accuracy and normal tissues sparing during lung SBRT.
- •Better treatment accuracy could mitigate toxicities and increase the patient survival.
- •Numerous motion management technologies are available for lung SBRT.
Abstract
Patient motion can cause misalignment of the tumour and toxicities to the healthy
lung tissue during lung stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). Any deviations
from the reference setup can miss the target and have acute toxic effects on the patient
with consequences onto its quality of life and survival outcomes. Correction for motion,
either immediately prior to treatment or intra-treatment, can be realized with image-guided
radiation therapy (IGRT) and motion management devices. The use of these techniques
has demonstrated the feasibility of integrating complex technology with clinical linear
accelerator to provide a higher standard of care for the patients and increase their
quality of life.
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Publication history
Published online: June 21, 2017
Accepted:
June 9,
2017
Received in revised form:
June 4,
2017
Received:
February 5,
2017
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