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The introduction of lung stereotactic body radiotherapy in the UK… it’s now a reality!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2011

A Needham ,
D Hutton  and
A Baker
A Needham*
Affiliation:
Radiotherapy Department, St James Institute of Oncology, Leeds, UK
D Hutton
Affiliation:
Radiotherapy Department, Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology, Wirral, UK
A Baker
Affiliation:
Radiotherapy Department, Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology, Wirral, UK
*
Correspondence to: A Needham, Radiotherapy Department, St James Institute of Oncology, Leeds, LS9 7JT, UK. E-mail: alan.needham@leedsth.nhs.uk
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Abstract

Lung stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is a novel and effective technique for the treatment of early stage non small cell lung cancer which is rapidly becoming the radiotherapy regime of choice for those patients unable or unwilling to undergo surgical resection.

Although introduced almost 20 years ago, it was not until the wider establishment of image guided radiotherapy (IGRT) techniques that many UK departments first considered and then succeeded in implementing lung SBRT. Many have been assisted in this through membership of the national UK SBRT consortium which aims to facilitate local introduction and to provide guidelines and practical support for the wider radiotherapy community.

This article will seek to place the introduction of SBRT within a broad historical context, outline basic principles for safe and effective practice and describe how such principles are currently being pursued in an era of IGRT. Additionally, the role of the UK SBRT consortium in implementation will be reported alongside the results of its first national survey on the subject.

Keywords

Lung cancerstereotactic body radiotherapyIGRTimage guided radiotherapyhypofractionation
Type
Original Article
Information
Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 2012 , pp. 7 - 15
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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