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Esophageal Tumors

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Clinical Target Volumes in Conformal and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy

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Abstract

When radiation is used with curative intent in the treatment of esophageal cancer, either alone or in combination with surgery and/or chemotherapy, the radiation volume should encompass the detectable tumor and the anatomic areas at risk for metastatic spread. In esophageal cancer it is hard to determine these areas for the individual tumor. Moreover, the areas at risk are very large and this implies that if all areas at risk need to be covered, large radiation fields are also necessary. This chapter describes the anatomy of the esophagus and its draining lymph node regions as a basic requirement when delineating the clinical target volume (CTV) to irradiate these cancers.

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  1. Radiation Oncology, UZ Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    K. Haustermans MD, PhD (Professor)

  2. Thoracic Surgery, UZ Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    A. Lerut MD (Professor)

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Université Catholique de Louvain Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, UCL 10/4752, 1200, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Vincent Grégoire MD, PhD  & Pierre Scalliet MD, PhD  & 

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    K. Kian Ang MD, PhD

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Haustermans, K., Lerut, A. (2004). Esophageal Tumors. In: Grégoire, V., Scalliet, P., Ang, K.K. (eds) Clinical Target Volumes in Conformal and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06270-8_5

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