The Japan Lung Cancer Society-Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology consensus-based computed tomographic atlas for defining regional lymph node stations in radiotherapy for lung cancer.
The purpose of this study was to develop a consensus-based computed tomographic (CT) atlas that defines lymph node stations in radiotherapy for lung cancer based on the lymph node map of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC). A project group in the Japanese Radiation Oncology Study Group (JROSG) initially prepared a draft of the atlas in which lymph node Stations 1-11 were illustrated on axial CT images. Subsequently, a joint committee of the Japan Lung Cancer Society (JLCS) and the Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology (JASTRO) was formulated to revise this draft. The committee consisted of four radiation oncologists, four thoracic surgeons and three thoracic radiologists. The draft prepared by the JROSG project group was intensively reviewed and discussed at four meetings of the committee over several months. Finally, we proposed definitions for the regional lymph node stations and the consensus-based CT atlas. This atlas was approved by the Board of Directors of JLCS and JASTRO. This resulted in the first official CT atlas for defining regional lymph node stations in radiotherapy for lung cancer authorized by the JLCS and JASTRO. In conclusion, the JLCS-JASTRO consensus-based CT atlas, which conforms to the IASLC lymph node map, was established.
Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology tomoko.itazawa@mt.strins.or.jp.|Department of Radiation Oncology, Shin-yurigaoka General Hospital, 255 Furusawa Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 215-0026, Japan.
Tomoko
T
Itazawa
Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology.|Department of Radiation Oncology, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine.
Yukihisa
Y
Tamaki
Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology.|Department of Radiology, University of Yamanashi, Faculty of Medicine.
Takafumi
T
Komiyama
Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology.|Department of Radiation Oncology, Kinki University, Faculty of Medicine.
Yasumasa
Y
Nishimura
Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology.|Department of Radiation Oncology, Kanagawa Cancer Center.
Yuko
Y
Nakayama
Department of Radiation Oncology, Shin-yurigaoka General Hospital, 255 Furusawa Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 215-0026, Japan.|Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center.
Hiroyuki
H
Ito
Department of Radiation Oncology, Shin-yurigaoka General Hospital, 255 Furusawa Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 215-0026, Japan.|Division of Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center.
Yasuhisa
Y
Ohde
Department of Radiation Oncology, Shin-yurigaoka General Hospital, 255 Furusawa Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 215-0026, Japan.|Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East.
Masahiko
M
Kusumoto
Department of Radiation Oncology, Shin-yurigaoka General Hospital, 255 Furusawa Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 215-0026, Japan.|Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University.
Shuji
S
Sakai
Department of Radiation Oncology, Shin-yurigaoka General Hospital, 255 Furusawa Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 215-0026, Japan.|Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine.
Kenji
K
Suzuki
Department of Radiation Oncology, Shin-yurigaoka General Hospital, 255 Furusawa Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 215-0026, Japan.|Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital.
Hirokazu
H
Watanabe
Department of Radiation Oncology, Shin-yurigaoka General Hospital, 255 Furusawa Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 215-0026, Japan.|Division of Thoracic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine.
Hisao
H
Asamura
D000716:Anatomy, Artistic; D001271:Atlases as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018787:Radiation Oncology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
CT atlas; lung cancer; lymph nodes; radiotherapy