TY - JOUR
T1 - Bronchoscopically-guided conformal radiation therapy for radiographically occult lung carcinoma
AU - Tavecchio, Luca
AU - Gramaglia, Alberto
AU - Mancini, Andrea
AU - Scorsetti, Marta
AU - Andreani, Stefano M.
PY - 2001/3/1
Y1 - 2001/3/1
N2 - Radiographically occult lung carcinoma has a very good prognosis after complete surgical resection. In medically inoperable patients three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy cannot be performed, as computed tomography scan images fail to localize the disease. Presented here is an original technique of marking radiographically occult tumors by fiberoptic bronchoscopy, applied on four patients. No short-term complications were recorded. All the patients are alive, with no evidence of disease, after a mean follow-up of 15 months.
AB - Radiographically occult lung carcinoma has a very good prognosis after complete surgical resection. In medically inoperable patients three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy cannot be performed, as computed tomography scan images fail to localize the disease. Presented here is an original technique of marking radiographically occult tumors by fiberoptic bronchoscopy, applied on four patients. No short-term complications were recorded. All the patients are alive, with no evidence of disease, after a mean follow-up of 15 months.
KW - Bronchoscopy
KW - Lung carcinoma
KW - Occult lung cancer
KW - Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy
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U2 - 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00299-1
DO - 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00299-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 11230887
AN - SCOPUS:0035283166
VL - 58
SP - 269
EP - 271
JO - Radiotherapy and Oncology
JF - Radiotherapy and Oncology
SN - 0167-8140
IS - 3
ER -