Radiation Therapy in Lung Cancer: From a Technical Revolution to a Combination with New Systemic Approaches
A special issue of Current Oncology (ISSN 1718-7729).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2023) | Viewed by 394
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lung cancer; thymic cancer; mesothelioma; SBRT; VMAT; immunotherapy; concomitant treatments
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: lung cancer; thymic cancer; mesothelioma; SBRT; VMAT; immunotherapy; concomitant treatments
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There has been a recent, significant improvement in the field of radiation therapy due to the introduction and worldwide use of new highly sophisticated techniques, such as IGRT, VMAT, and SBRT. Additionally, new systemic therapies are currently available, including immunotherapy, which may be used in combination with radiation therapy, achieving intriguing results in relation to the subject of survival without increasing toxicities. For this reason, new studies are invited for submission, to increase the body of the literature available on this topic and to share the experiences that may aid clinicians in their clinical practice.
We are pleased to invite valuable and important submissions to this journal, with the aim that the conducted research will contribute to the scientific knowledge, local or systemic therapeutic options, to optimize the multidisciplinary management of lung cancer.
In this Special Issue, original research articles, meta-analysis, and reviews are invited for submission. The areas of research may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Non-small cell lung cancer;
- Small-cell lung cancer;
- Neoadjuvant/adjuvant treatment in resectable NSCLC;
- Stereotactic body radiotherapy for early stage NSCLC;
- Multidisciplinary management of advanced NSCLC and SCLC;
- Treatment of thymic cancer;
- Palliative RT.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Cancers.
Dr. Alessio Bruni
Dr. Paolo Borghetti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- NSCLC
- SCLC
- radiation therapy
- SBRT
- adjuvant RT
- immunotherapy
- concomitant treatments
- toxicities
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