Abstract

Definitive treatment of lung cancer with radiotherapy is challenging, as respiratory motion and anatomical changes can increase the risk of severe off-target effects during radiotherapy. Online adaptive radiotherapy (ART) is an evolving approach that enables timely modification of a treatment plan during the interfraction of radiotherapy, in response to physiologic or anatomic variations, aiming to improve the dose distribution for precise targeting and delivery in lung cancer patients. The effectiveness of online ART depends on the seamless integration of multiple components: sufficient quality of linear accelerator-integrated imaging guidance, deformable image registration, automatic recontouring, and efficient quality assurance and workflow. This review summarizes the present status of online ART for lung cancer, including key technologies, as well as the challenges and areas of active research in this field.

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Title
Key technologies and challenges in online adaptive radiotherapy for lung cancer
Author
Dong Baiqiang 1 ; Zheng Shuohan 1 ; Chen, Kelly 2 ; Zhu, Xuan 3 ; Huang Sijuan 1 ; Jiang, Xiaobo 1 ; Diao Wenchao 1 ; Li, Hua 4 ; Jia Lecheng 4 ; Feng, Chi 1 ; Huang, Xiaoyan 1 ; Li, Qiwen 1 ; Chen, Ming 1 

 State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China; United Laboratory of Frontier Radiotherapy Technology of Sun Yat-sen University & Chinese Academy of Sciences Ion Medical Technology Co., Ltd, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China 
 Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27701, USA 
 Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, China 
 Real-time laboratory, Shenzhen United Imaging Research Institute of Innovative Medical Equipment, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518048, China 
Pages
1559-1567
Section
Review Article
Publication year
2025
Publication date
Jul 2025
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
ISSN
03666999
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3227107780
Copyright
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