Reduction in cardiac volume during chemoradiotherapy for patients with esophageal cancer.

Lutkenhaus, Lotte J; Kamphuis, Martijn; van Wieringen, Niek; Hulshof, Maarten C C M; Bel, Arjan · Radiother Oncol · 2013

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

We investigated the change in cardiac volume over the course of chemoradiotherapy in 26 patients treated for esophageal cancer, using cone beam CT imaging. The cardiac volume reduced significantly, with a median reduction of 8%. A significant relationship with planned cardiac dose was not found.

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