What dose constraints for lung would you use in a patient with breast cancer requiring regional nodal irradiation who had significant pneumonitis during systemic therapy?
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
I would look into the absolute benefit of RNI in someone with significant pneumonitis as the downside may outweigh the benefit.
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Radiation Oncology · Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
No hard and fast EBM number in this situation given the rarity and paucity of data. V20 < 30-35% still has very low risk of symptomatic pneumonitis in standard patients, and mechanism of pneumonitis development from IT vs RT is different.
That being said, I would probably shoot for V20 < 20-25% as f...