Chest wall dose reduction using noncoplanar volumetric modulated arc radiation therapy for lung stereotactic ablative radiation therapy.

Journal: Practical radiation oncology
Published Date: Dec 19, 2017

Abstract

PURPOSE: Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) to lung tumors close to the chest wall can cause rib fractures or chest wall pain. We evaluated and propose a clinically practical solution of using noncoplanar volumetric modulated arc radiation therapy (VMAT) to reduce chest wall dose from lung SABR.

Authors

  • Amy S Yu
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California. Electronic address: amysyu@stanford.edu.
  • Peter G Maxim
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
  • Billy W Loo
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
  • Michael F Gensheimer
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

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