Radiation dose-volume effects in the lung. Review uri icon

Overview

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.

publication date

  • March 1, 2010

Research

keywords

  • Lung
  • Radiation Pneumonitis

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3576042

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 76449119210

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.06.091

PubMed ID

  • 20171521

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 76

issue

  • 3 Suppl