Target Volume Determination 2015

Selective nodal irradiation in SCLC: CT based

I 27 patients with SCLC – Limited Disease I Concurrent chemo-radiotherapy (30 x 1.5 Gy BID) I Selective nodal irradiation to CT-positive nodes I Median follow-up 18 months I 3 patients (11%) developed isolated nodal recurrence in the ipsilateral supraclavicular fossa

Selective nodal irradiation based on CT is possibly not safe in SCLC

De Ruysscher et al. , Radiother Oncol 2006

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