title: Non-surgical treatment of lung cancer: personalised stereotactic ablative radiotherapy.
abstract: Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy has emerged as a standard treatment for medically inoperable stage I non-small-cell lung cancer and selected cases of lung metastasis. Techniques to freeze or limit tumour movement during treatment and image-guided radiation delivery are integral to a successful stereotactic ablative treatment without overdose of surrounding normal structures. In this article, the practice in a local oncology institution will be used to illustrate the concept of personalised stereotactic ablative radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Maverick W K
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Michael K M
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kam
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Anthony T C
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care; D016634:Radiosurgery
keywords: Lung neoplasms; Radiotherapy/methods