Thoracic irradiation in 3 weeks for limited-stage small cell lung cancer: Is twice a day fractionation really needed?

摘要

Purpose. - Many Canadian institutions treat limited-disease small cell lung cancer with 40 Gy in 15 fractions delivered once-a-day in 3 weeks concomitantly with chemotherapy. This regimen is convenient and seems to be effective. Here, we report and compare with a literature review the outcomes of patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer treated in our institution with this hypofractionated regimen.