Radiation techniques for esophageal cancer Journal Article
| Authors: | Zhang, M.; Wu, A. J. |
| Article Title: | Radiation techniques for esophageal cancer |
| Abstract: | Radiotherapy plays a crucial role in the curative management of localized esophageal cancer, both as definitive and preoperative therapy. For definitive therapy, the standard radiation dose is 50.4 Gy in 28 fractions and should be delivered with concurrent chemotherapy. Chemoradiotherapy also has a well-established benefit in the preoperative setting, as established in the CROSS randomized trial. Radiation fields are typically generous, to account for subclinical extension of disease along the esophagus and to regional nodes. Three-dimensional conformal radiation is the current standard technique for esophageal cancer, though intensity-modulated radiation therapy is increasingly utilized and may improve the outcomes of esophageal radiotherapy by reducing radiation dose to critical normal tissues. © Chinese Clinical Oncology. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | review; intensity modulated radiation therapy; treatment planning; cancer radiotherapy; radiation dose; radiotherapy dosage; radiotherapy; esophagus cancer; esophageal cancer; target volume delineation; randomized controlled trial (topic); human |
| Journal Title: | Chinese Clinical Oncology |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| ISSN: | 2304-3865 |
| Publisher: | AME Publishing Company |
| Date Published: | 2017-10-01 |
| Start Page: | 45 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.21037/cco.2017.06.33 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 29129085 |
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| Notes: | Review -- Export Date: 4 December 2017 -- Source: Scopus |
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