Literature-based recommendations for treatment planning and execution in high-dose radiotherapy for lung cancer

Phase III Study of Concurrent Versus Sequential Thoracic Radiotherapy in Combination With Mitomycin, Vindesine, and Cisplatin in Unresectable Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

1999 • 1,501 citations

Regional Lymph Node Classification for Lung Cancer Staging

1997 • 1,430 citations

The probability of correct target dosage: dose-population histograms for deriving treatment margins in radiotherapy

2000 • 1,403 citations

Twice-Daily Compared with Once-Daily Thoracic Radiotherapy in Limited Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated Concurrently with Cisplatin and Etoposide

1999 • 1,394 citations

Precise and real-time measurement of 3D tumor motion in lung due to breathing and heartbeat, measured during radiotherapy

2002 • 1,334 citations

Effects of Concomitant Cisplatin and Radiotherapy on Inoperable Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

1992 • 1,287 citations

Clinical dose–volume histogram analysis for pneumonitis after 3D treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

1999 • 1,194 citations

Radiation pneumonitis as a function of mean lung dose: an analysis of pooled data of 540 patients

1998 • 745 citations

Metastases from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Mediastinal Staging in the 1990s—Meta-analytic Comparison Of PET and CT

1999 • 667 citations

Acquiring a four-dimensional computed tomography dataset using an external respiratory signal

2002 • 652 citations

Final Results of Phase III Trial in Regionally Advanced Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

2000 • 635 citations

Continuous hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy (CHART) versus conventional radiotherapy in non-small-cell lung cancer: a randomised multicentre trial

1997 • 590 citations

Inclusion of geometrical uncertainties in radiotherapy treatment planning by means of coverage probability

1999 • 534 citations

Evaluation of microscopic tumor extension in non–small-cell lung cancer for three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy planning

2000 • 424 citations

Normal mediastinal lymph nodes: number and size according to American Thoracic Society mapping

1985 • 413 citations

Respiration‐correlated spiral CT: A method of measuring respiratory‐induced anatomic motion for radiation treatment planning

2002 • 407 citations

The deep inspiration breath-hold technique in the treatment of inoperable non–small-cell lung cancer

2000 • 394 citations

Uncertainties in CT-based radiation therapy treatment planning associated with patient breathing

1996 • 372 citations

Predictive value of dose-volume histogram parameters for predicting radiation pneumonitis after concurrent chemoradiation for lung cancer

2002 • 340 citations

PET-CT image co-registration in the thorax: influence of respiration

2002 • 331 citations

Dose Escalation in Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Using Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy: Update of a Phase I Trial

2001 • 324 citations

The impact of 18 FDG-PET on target and critical organs in CT-based treatment planning of patients with poorly defined non-small-cell lung carcinoma: a prospective study

2002 • 313 citations

The impact of 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) lymph node staging on the radiation treatment volumes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

2000 • 286 citations

Respiratory-driven lung tumor motion is independent of tumor size, tumor location, and pulmonary function

2001 • 261 citations

Conformal radiotherapy for lung cancer: different delineation of the gross tumor volume (GTV) by radiologists and radiation oncologists

2002 • 217 citations

High-dose conformal radiotherapy for treatment of stage IIIA/IIIB non-small-cell lung cancer: technical issues and results of a phase I/II trial

2002 • 205 citations

Multiple “slow” CT scans for incorporating lung tumor mobility in radiotheraphy planning

2001 • 196 citations

Elective nodal irradiation in the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy

2001 • 186 citations

Clinical and dosimetric predictors of radiation-induced esophageal toxicity

1999 • 185 citations

Radiotherapy for patients with medically inoperable stage I nonsmall cell lung carcinoma

1998 • 169 citations

Conformal radiotherapy (CRT) planning for lung cancer: analysis of intrathoracic organ motion during extreme phases of breathing

2001 • 158 citations

Stereotactic single high dose irradiation of lung tumors under respiratory gating

2002 • 154 citations

Evaluation of a target contouring protocol for 3D conformal radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer

1999 • 147 citations

CT and 18F-deoxyglucose (FDG) image fusion for optimization of conformal radiotherapy of lung cancers

2001 • 145 citations

The effectiveness of breath-holding to stabilize lung and pancreas tumors during radiosurgery

2002 • 142 citations

Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy may improve the therapeutic ratio of high dose radiation therapy for lung cancer

1993 • 140 citations

Predictors of severe esophagitis include use of concurrent chemotherapy, but not the length of irradiated esophagus: a multivariate analysis of patients with lung cancer treated with nonoperative therapy

2000 • 138 citations

Preliminary results of a prospective trial using three dimensional radiotherapy for lung cancer

1995 • 129 citations

The number and size of normal mediastinal lymph nodes: a postmortem study

1988 • 125 citations

Analysis and reduction of 3D systematic and random setup errors during the simulation and treatment of lung cancer patients with CT-based external beam radiotherapy dose planning

2001 • 122 citations

Electronic Portal Imaging with On-Line Correction of Setup Error in Thoracic Irradiation: Clinical Evaluation

1998 • 117 citations

Can elective nodal irradiation be omitted in stage III non-small-cell lung cancer? analysis of recurrences in a phase II study of induction chemotherapy and involved-field radiotherapy

2002 • 106 citations

The effect on apparent size of simulated pulmonary nodules of using three standard CT window settings

1993 • 82 citations

Esophagitis in combined modality therapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

1999 • 78 citations

Spiral CT of pulmonary nodules: interobserver variation in assessment of lesion size

2000 • 75 citations

Are multiple CT scans required for planning curative radiotherapy in lung tumors of the lower lobe?

2003 • 75 citations

Dosimetric predictors of radiation esophagitis in patients treated for non-small-cell lung cancer with carboplatin/paclitaxel/radiotherapy

2001 • 73 citations

Sequential vs. concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy for inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Analysis of failures in a phase III study (RTOG 9410)

2000 • 68 citations

Lung Cancer Staging and Management: Comparison of Contrast-enhanced and Nonenhanced Helical CT of the Thorax

1999 • 67 citations

Variability in the detection of enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes in staging lung cancer: a comparison of contrast-enhanced and unenhanced CT.

1998 • 61 citations

An analysis of anatomic landmark mobility and setup deviations in radiotherapy for lung cancer

1999 • 59 citations

Setup reproducibility in radiation therapy for lung cancer: a comparison between T-bar and expanded foam immobilization devices

1999 • 58 citations

Dosimetric consequences of tumor mobility in radiotherapy of stage I non-small cell lung cancer – an analysis of data generated using ‘slow’ CT scans

2001 • 56 citations

Beam intensity modulation to reduce the field sizes for conformal irradiation of lung tumors: a dosimetric study

1999 • 43 citations

Preliminary results of a radiation therapy oncology group trial (RTOG 9311), a dose escalation study using 3d conformal radiation therapy in patients with inoperable nonsmall cell lung cancer

2001 • 43 citations

Computed Tomography of Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer A New Approach Based on the Lymphatic Pathway of Tumor Spread

1988 • 41 citations

What margins are necessary for incorporating mediastinal nodal mobility into involved-field radiotherapy for lung cancer?

2002 • 36 citations

Dose escalation of chart in non-small cell lung cancer: is three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy really necessary?

1999 • 36 citations

Procedures for high precision setup verification and correction of lung cancer patients using CT-simulation and digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRR)

2003 • 31 citations

An evaluation of two techniques for beam intensity modulation in patients irradiated for stage III non-small cell lung cancer

2001 • 30 citations

Multiple two-dimensional versus three-dimensional PTV definition in treatment planning for conformal radiotherapy

1998 • 29 citations

Feasibility of curative radiotherapy with a concomitant boost technique in 33 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

1993 • 27 citations

Can errors in reconstructing pre-chemotherapy target volumes contribute to the inferiority of sequential chemoradiation in stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)?

2002 • 16 citations

Induction therapy for Stage III NSCLC: A consensus report

1994 • 14 citations

International survey of radiotherapy practice for radical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer

1994 • 13 citations

Interim analysis of a phase I/II dose escalation trial in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) using three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT)

2001 • 11 citations

An audit of 3D treatment planning facilities and practice in the UK

1998 • 11 citations

Can elective nodal irradiation be omitted in stage III non-small cell lung cancer? An analysis of recurrences after sequential chemotherapy and “involved-field” radiotherapy to 70 gy

2001 • 9 citations

The location of recurrences in patients with non-small cell lungcancer treated with involved-field irradiation

2000 • 8 citations

Systèmes d'immobilisation pour la radiothérapie conformationnelle du cancer bronchique non à petites cellules

2000 • 7 citations

Loss of heterozygosity at chromosome 11P and tumour progression in non-small cell lung cancer

1994 • 5 citations

Impact of intravenous contrast on target definition in radiotherapy of non small cell lung cancer

2001 • 4 citations

Irradiated esophageal surface area predicts for esophagitis in patients treated for non-small cell carcinoma of the lung

2002 • 4 citations

A method for the four-dimensional measurement of normal and cancerous lung during free breathing

2002 • 2 citations

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