TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiation Effects in the Mediastinum and Surroundings
T2 - Imaging Findings and Complications
AU - Benveniste, Marcelo F.
AU - Gomez, Daniel
AU - Carter, Brett W.
AU - Betancourt Cuellar, Sonia L.
AU - De Groot, Patricia M.
AU - Marom, Edith M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - Radiotherapy is one of the cornerstones for treatment of patients with cancer. Although advances in radiotherapy technology have considerably improved radiation delivery, potential adverse effects are still common. Postradiation changes to the mediastinum can include different structures such as the heart, great vessels, and esophagus. The purpose of the article was to illustrate the expected variety of changes to the mediastinum and adjacent lung resulting from external beam radiotherapy and radiotherapy-induced complications to the mediastinum and to discuss different radiotherapy delivery techniques.
AB - Radiotherapy is one of the cornerstones for treatment of patients with cancer. Although advances in radiotherapy technology have considerably improved radiation delivery, potential adverse effects are still common. Postradiation changes to the mediastinum can include different structures such as the heart, great vessels, and esophagus. The purpose of the article was to illustrate the expected variety of changes to the mediastinum and adjacent lung resulting from external beam radiotherapy and radiotherapy-induced complications to the mediastinum and to discuss different radiotherapy delivery techniques.
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U2 - 10.1053/j.sult.2015.11.002
DO - 10.1053/j.sult.2015.11.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 27261350
AN - SCOPUS:84956546701
SN - 0887-2171
VL - 37
SP - 268
EP - 280
JO - Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
JF - Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
IS - 3
M1 - 672
ER -