Computed tomographic atlas for the new international lymph node map for lung cancer: A radiation oncologist perspective.
نویسندگان
چکیده
PURPOSE To develop a reproducible definition for each mediastinal lymph node station based on the new TNM classification for lung cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS This paper proposes an atlas using the new international lymph node map used in the seventh edition of the TNM classification for lung cancer. Four radiation oncologists and 1 diagnostic radiologist were involved in the project to put forward a reproducible radiologic description for the lung lymph node stations. RESULTS The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer lymph node definitions for stations 1 to 11 have been described and illustrated on axial computed tomographic scan images using a certified radiotherapy planning system. CONCLUSIONS This atlas will assist both diagnostic radiologists and radiation oncologists in accurately defining the lymph node stations on computed tomographic scan in patients diagnosed with lung cancer.
منابع مشابه
The Japan Lung Cancer Society–Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology consensus-based computed tomographic atlas for defining regional lymph node stations in radiotherapy for lung cancer
The purpose of this study was to develop a consensus-based computed tomographic (CT) atlas that defines lymph node stations in radiotherapy for lung cancer based on the lymph node map of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC). A project group in the Japanese Radiation Oncology Study Group (JROSG) initially prepared a draft of the atlas in which lymph node Stations 1-...
متن کاملStandardization of whole breast radiotherapy is required for safe omission of axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer patients
Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the dose distribution and coverage of level Ⅰ-Ⅱ axillary lymph nodes during whole breast tangential field radiotherapy (RT) after breast-conserving surgery in patients with breast cancer. Materials and Methods: The level Ⅰ-Ⅱ axillary lymph node volumes were retrospectively contoured by a single radiation oncologist based on computed tomography...
متن کاملThe International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Lymph Node Map: A Radiologic Atlas and Review
Accurate lymph node staging of lung cancer is crucial in determining optimal treatment plans and predicting patient outcome. Currently used lymph node maps have been reconciled to the internationally accepted International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) map published in the seventh edition of TNM classification system of malignant tumours. This article provides computed tomogr...
متن کاملA critique of the international association for the study of lung cancer lymph node map: a radiation oncology perspective.
Accurate assessment of nodal involvement is essential in the management of lung cancer. Recently, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) Lung Cancer Staging Project published a new lymph node map with the aim of creating an internationally agreed framework that would allow precise and uniform determination of lymph node status by centers around the globe.1 This new m...
متن کاملGastric lymph node contouring atlas: A tool to aid in clinical target volume definition in 3-dimensional treatment planning for gastric cancer.
PURPOSE To develop a contouring atlas of the gastric lymph node stations to be used in defining and planning clinical target volumes in 3-dimensional treatment planning for gastric cancers. METHODS AND MATERIALS Four physicians, including 2 radiation oncologists, a diagnostic radiologist, and a surgical oncologist specialized in gastric cancer, convened over the course of multiple meetings. F...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Practical radiation oncology
دوره 3 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013