Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Aruna Turaka

Publications

• Review Article
  Radiation Oncology Strategies for Patients with Poor Pulmonary Function in Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma
  Author(s): Aruna TurakaAruna Turaka
  
  Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Recently, there is an emerging interest on lung cancer screening which can increase the incidence of lung cancer among the population in the coming. There was 20% reduction in mortality from lung cancer in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) with the use of low-dose computed tomography. NLST criteria included people between ages 55-74 years, ≥30 pack-years of smoking or <15 years since cession of smoking. Patients with early stage disease and young age, good performance status and pulmonary function tests are treated with curative intent including either surgery or combined treatment modalities, concurrent chemo-radiation therapy. Treatment of choice for medically inoperable group of patients is definitive radiation therapy (RT). Patients with poor pulmonary function (PF) are considered a contraindication to defin.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000261

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