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- Title
Respiratory motion variability of primary tumors and lymph nodes during radiotherapy of locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancers.
- Authors
Jan, Nuzhat; Hugo, Geoffrey D.; Mukhopadhyay, Nitai; Weiss, Elisabeth
- Abstract
Background and purpose: The need for target adjustment due to respiratory motion variation and the value of carina as a motion surrogate is evaluated for locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. Material and methods: Using weekly 4D CTs (with audio-visual biofeedback) of 12 patients, respiratory motion variation of primary tumors (PT), lymph nodes (LN) and carina (C) were determined. Results: Mean (SD) 3D respiratory motion ranges of PT, LN and C were 4 (3), 5 (3) and 5 (3) mm. PT and LN (p = 0.003), and LN and C motion range were correlated (p = 0.03). Only 20 %/5 % of all scans had variations >3 mm/5 mm. Large respiratory motion range on the initial scan was associated with larger during-treatment variations for PT (p = 0.03) and LN (p = 0.001). Mean (SD) 3D relative displacements of PT-C, LN-C and PT-LN were each 6 (2) mm. Variations of displacements >3 mm/5 mm were observed in 28 %/6 % of scans for PT-LN, 20 %/9 % for PT-C, and 20 %/8 % for LN-C. Conclusions: Motion reassessment is recommended in patients with large initial motion range. Relative motion-related displacements between PT and LN were larger than PT and LN motion alone. Both PT and C appear to be comparable surrogates for LN respiratory motion.
- Subjects
NON-small-cell lung carcinoma; TUMORS; LYMPH nodes; RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOMA
- Publication
Radiation Oncology, 2015, Vol 10, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1748-717X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13014-015-0435-3