Research on clinical target volume delineation in radiotherapy of esophageal carcinoma / 国际肿瘤学杂志

ABSTRACT

Target volume definition is one of the important factors in precise radiotherapy of esophageal carcinoma.However,there is considerable controversy about delineation of esophageal carcinoma clinical target volume (CTV),and no consistent standard.Recent researches show that pathological characteristics,imaging methods and lymph node metastasis pattern may have guiding functions for CTV delineation.Novel delineation technique such as individual design has been a research hotspot.