TY - JOUR
T1 - Imaging of the Chest After Radiotherapy and Potential Pitfalls
AU - Benveniste, Marcelo F.
AU - Cuellar, Sonia L.Betancourt
AU - Szarf, Gilberto
AU - Benveniste, Ana Paula A.
AU - Ahuja, Jitesh
AU - Marom, Edith M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial disclosures: Dr. Edith M. Marom; Honorarium for lectures: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Chief Medical Officer, Voxellence, Additional Co-Authors – No financial disclosures.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Radiotherapy is one of the cornerstones for the treatment of thoracic malignancies. The goal of radiotherapy is to deliver maximal dose to the tumor while minimizing damage to surrounding normal anatomical structures. Although advances in radiotherapy technology have considerably improved radiation delivery, potential adverse effects are still common. Post radiation changes to the chest may include different structures such as the lung, heart, great vessels, and esophagus. The purpose of this manuscript is to illustrate the post radiotherapy changes to these anatomical structures resulting from external beam radiotherapy, as well as discuss imaging pitfalls to prevent radiologist's interpretation errors.
AB - Radiotherapy is one of the cornerstones for the treatment of thoracic malignancies. The goal of radiotherapy is to deliver maximal dose to the tumor while minimizing damage to surrounding normal anatomical structures. Although advances in radiotherapy technology have considerably improved radiation delivery, potential adverse effects are still common. Post radiation changes to the chest may include different structures such as the lung, heart, great vessels, and esophagus. The purpose of this manuscript is to illustrate the post radiotherapy changes to these anatomical structures resulting from external beam radiotherapy, as well as discuss imaging pitfalls to prevent radiologist's interpretation errors.
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U2 - 10.1053/j.sult.2021.04.012
DO - 10.1053/j.sult.2021.04.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 34895613
AN - SCOPUS:85108523119
SN - 0887-2171
VL - 42
SP - 574
EP - 587
JO - Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
JF - Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
IS - 6
ER -