Dose-Volume Predictors of Esophagitis After Thoracic Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
Harder EM, Chen Z, Park HS, Mancini BR, Decker RH. Dose-Volume Predictors of Esophagitis After Thoracic Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. American Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 40: 477-482. PMID: 26017483, DOI: 10.1097/coc.0000000000000195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStepwise selection techniqueRadiation therapyThoracic stereotactic body radiation therapyStereotactic hypofractionated radiation therapyStereotactic body radiation therapyDose-volume predictorsNormal tissue complication probabilityHypofractionated radiation therapyMultivariate logistic regressionProbability estimatesBody radiation therapyPlanning target volumeEsophageal toxicityEsophagitis ratesCTCAE v4.0Dosimetric predictorsPulmonary tumorsInstitutional databaseRadiotherapy parameters