Marks LB, Bentzen SM, Deasy JO, Kong FMS, Bradley JD, Vogelius IS, El Naqa I, Hubbs JL, Lebesque JV, Timmerman RD, Martel MK, Jackson A. Radiation dose-volume effects in the lung.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010;
76:S70-6. [PMID:
20171521 PMCID:
PMC3576042 DOI:
10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.06.091]
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Abstract
The three-dimensional dose, volume, and outcome data for lung are reviewed in detail. The rate of symptomatic pneumonitis is related to many dosimetric parameters, and there are no evident threshold "tolerance dose-volume" levels. There are strong volume and fractionation effects.
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