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ArticleJTO clinical and research reports2024

Brief Report of a New Anatomical Region at Risk in Thoracic Radiotherapy: From Discovery to Implementation.

Kathryn Banfill, Thomas Marchant, Alan McWilliam, Joseph Wood, Matthias Schmitt, Azadeh Abravan, Gareth Price, Marcel van Herk, Corinne Faivre-Finn

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Article in JTO clinical and research reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Changes in Cardiac Function in Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Kathryn BanfillThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Thomas MarchantThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Alan McWilliamThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Joseph WoodThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Matthias SchmittThe North West Heart Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester Foundation NHS Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Azadeh AbravanRadiotherapy Related Research, Department of Cancer Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Gareth PriceThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Marcel van HerkThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Corinne Faivre-FinnThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing radiotherapy dose to select cardiac structures is associated with cardiac events and premature death. Previous studies have found a dose-response relationship for structures at the base of the heart. We have defined a new cardiac anatomical region at risk for radiotherapy by consensus opinion, based on image-based data-mining studies. The cardiac avoidance area comprises the superior vena cava, right atrium, aortic root, left main coronary artery, and proximal segments of the left anterior descending and right coronary arteries. We describe a contouring atlas for the cardiac avoidance area to facilitate implementation.

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Cardiac toxicityLung cancerOrgan at riskRadiotherapy

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PMID39624251
PMCPMC11609655

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