Lung Cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Dose escalation in radiotherapy
Sponsors
Department of Radiation Oncology and Image-applied Therapy, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Primary or metastatic lung cancer A. Primary lung cancer; Tumor size </=5cm, and clinical stage IA or IB B. Metastatic lung cancer; Tumor size </=5cm, two lung lesions or less, and no lesions other than lung 2) Those who are inoperable or who refuse surgery 3) Dose to adjacent organ is not estimated to exceed constraints in pretreatment chest CT 4) Patients' age must be>/=20 years old 5) ECOG performance status must be 0-2 6) Patients can lay on their back holding their arms over the heads, and keep that position at least 30 minutes
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) previous irradiation around the lesion 2) With active interstitial pneumonia or pulmonary fibrosis 3) With severe diabetic mellitus or collagen disease 4) Women during pregnancy or lactating , or who might be pregnant 5) With psychiatric illness which impede protocol treatment 6) Patients who are considered to be inappropriate for this study by physicians
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| incidence of adverse effect | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactTakamasa Mitsuyoshi
Kyoto University Hospital Department of Radiation Therapy
Outcome results
None listed