Lung
Lung SBRT, conventional and hypofractionated lung RT, motion management, thoracic OARs and where to find published constraints.
Lung radiotherapy spans two quite different planning problems. SBRT treats small, early-stage tumors in a few very high-dose fractions, where the craft is managing breathing motion and shaping a tight, steep dose cloud. Conventional and moderately hypofractionated treatment covers larger targets — often including mediastinal lymph nodes — over several weeks, where the challenge is keeping dose to the lungs, heart and esophagus down.
Both share the same foundations: 4DCT-based motion assessment, careful target volumes, a common set of thoracic organs at risk, and published constraint sources written for specific fraction counts.
Motion management, target delineation, OARs, dose calculation and plan evaluation for stereotactic lung treatment.
Larger targets, nodal disease and parallel-organ dose: concepts and resources for conventionally fractionated and moderately hypofractionated lung treatment.
Organ-by-organ contouring guides for the body region lung treatment covers, each tied to its published source.
The planning concepts used to evaluate lung plans.
Protocols, guidelines and publications relevant to lung radiotherapy.
Look up lung dose constraints by organ and fraction count, each with its source.
Lung structures
Each organ page shows its lung dose constraints with sources, plus anatomy, why it matters and contouring resources.