Does pleural tenting adjacent to tumor impact your target volume for early stage NSCLC planned for SBRT?
In the following publication, figure S1, right sided image demonstrates what is meant by pleural tenting. Yang et al., PMID 37666721
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Having reviewed the images in the cited paper, the question of how to define the target for tumors with proximity to the chest wall and that also show pleural tenting is one that my thoracic radiation oncology colleague will often discuss. The brief answer is that although tenting likely represents ...
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