Mean In-field Esophagus Dose Predicts for Esophagitis in Lung Cancer Patients Treated with 3D-CRT and Concurrent Chemotherapy

Abstract

To determine the dosimetric factors for acute esophagitis and esophageal stricture in non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with concurrent chemotherapy (CT) and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT).