title: Synchronous bilateral squamous cell carcinoma of the lung successfully treated using intensity-modulated radiotherapy.
abstract: We present a case of synchronous bilateral inoperable lung cancer which required treatment with external beam radiotherapy to a radical dose. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) was used. More conformal dose distribution within the planning target volume was obtained using IMRT than the conventional technique. Dose-volume constraints defined for the lungs were met. Treatment was subsequently delivered using a seven-field IMRT plan. The patient remains alive and disease-free 48 months after the completion of radiotherapy. IMRT can be considered an effective treatment for synchronous bilateral lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Oncology, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, UK. suatloo@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Loo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Promnitz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van Tornout
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D050397:Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated; D012074:Remission Induction