Relation Between Tumor Size and Range of Motion in IMRT Treatment Planning for Thoracic Lesions

A Compendium of Cancer Therapeutic Strategies and their Modality

“…It is a minimal invasive technique hence produces fewer side effects. In this technique tiny resin beads are placed inside blood vessels which feed a tumor as a result blocking the supply of blood to the tumor cells [45,46]. Helical tomotherapy machine is a hybrid between a CT imaging scanner and an external-beam radiation therapy machine.…”

Epidemiology and Treatment for Thyroid Cancer

“…Total thyroidectomy allows use of thymoglobulin and radioiodine scanning to detect and treat metastatic disease. Complications of thyroidectomy were uncommon, and the mortality rate in treated patients was relatively low [28] Most appropriate individualized treatment planning approach all factors such as tumor and, tumor range of motion and patient tolerance toward the treatment technique need to be assessed [29].…”

Organ Specific Cancers - Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment

“…if PTV volume and/or range of motion is greater (for nominal lung volume) than the simulated sizes, then motion management strategy is necessary in order to limit healthy lung toxicity. The readers must be cautioned of the possibility that the tumor size, and its range of motion for a given nominal lung volume, inferred from the figures or the analytic fits to the data may not be realistic if the lesion is in very close proximity to the heart or the spinal cord where those organs at risk OARs might be the dose limiting structures [16].…”