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- Review Article -
Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer: Overview of the Clinical Guidelines for Lung Cancer 2005 and Perspectives
Yuzuru Niibe1, Kazushige Hayakawa11Department of Radiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan
Lung cancer is one of the most important cancers in Japan, because it has been the highest cause of cancer deaths in Japan since 1998. Recently, treatment strategies of radiation therapy are improving strivingly owing to improvement of medical physics and development anti-cancer drugs concomitantly available to radiation therapy. The Clinical Guidelines for Lung Cancer were established by experts in 2003. In 2005, first revision was performed. We were engaged in the revision of the Clinical Cancer Guidelines for Lung Cancer and then, we reviewed these guidelines in terms of radiation oncology.
key words: Lung cancer, Radiation therapy, Clinical guidelines
JJLC 48 (1): 1-4, 2008
