• Dirk De Ruysscher, Corinne Faivre-Finn, Ditte Moeller, Ursula Nestle, Coen W Hurkmans, Cécile Le Péchoux, José Belderbos, Matthias Guckenberger, Suresh Senan, and Lung Group and the Radiation Oncology Group of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).
• Maastricht University Medical Center+, Department of Radiation Oncology (Maastro Clinic), GROW Research Institute, The Netherlands; KU Leuven, Radiation Oncology, Belgium. Electronic address: dirk.deruysscher@maastro.nl.
• Radiother Oncol. 2017 Jul 1; 124 (1): 1-10.

PurposeTo update literature-based recommendations for techniques used in high-precision thoracic radiotherapy for lung cancer, in both routine practice and clinical trials.MethodsA literature search was performed to identify published articles that were considered clinically relevant and practical to use. Recommendations were categorised under the following headings: patient positioning and immobilisation, Tumour and nodal changes, CT and FDG-PET imaging, target volumes definition, radiotherapy treatment planning and treatment delivery. An adapted grading of evidence from the Infectious Disease Society of America, and for models the TRIPOD criteria, were used.ResultsRecommendations were identified for each of the above categories.ConclusionRecommendations for the clinical implementation of high-precision conformal radiotherapy and stereotactic body radiotherapy for lung tumours were identified from the literature. Techniques that were considered investigational at present are highlighted.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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