Radiation therapy (RT) is a curative treatment for many malignancies and provides effective
palliation in patients with tumor‐related symptoms. However, the biophysical effects of RT …

The treatment goal for patients with early-stage lung cancer is cure. Multidisciplinary
discussions of surgical resectability and medical operability determine the modality of …

Radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) encompasses any lung toxicity induced by radiation
therapy (RT) and manifests acutely as radiation pneumonitis and chronically as radiation …

The impact of radiotherapy on the heart has become an area of interest in recent years.
Many different cardiac dose-volume constraints have been associated with cardiac toxicity …

Importance Radiotherapy accelerates coronary heart disease (CHD), but the dose to critical
cardiac substructures has not been systematically studied in lung cancer. Objective To …

Purpose A relationship between mean heart dose (MHD) and acute coronary event (ACE)
rate was reported in a study of patients with breast cancer (BC). The main objective of our …

Radiotherapy remains a mainstay of cancer treatment, being used in roughly 50% of
patients. The precision with which the radiation dose can be delivered is rapidly improving …

Purpose This randomized trial compared outcomes of passive scattering proton therapy
(PSPT) versus intensity-modulated (photon) radiotherapy (IMRT), both with concurrent …

The treatment of cancer with proton radiation therapy was first suggested in 1946 followed
by the first treatments in the 1950s. As of 2020, almost 200 000 patients have been treated …

To complement the existing treatment guidelines for all tumour types, ESMO organises
consensus conferences to focus on specific issues in each type of tumour. The 2nd ESMO …