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Bronchus Cancer

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THE GEC ESTROHANDBOOKOF BRACHYTHERAPY | Part II Clinical Practice Version 1 - 30/04/2017

Fig. 29.10: Placement of 2 endoluminal bronchus catheters instead of one in the right primary bronchus to increase the possibilities for more conformal target covering: in red the delineated GTV, in orange the delineated PTV. The covering isodose lines 6 Gy in red and 5 Gy in blue are displayed Fig. 29.11: Placement of 2 endoluminal bronchus catheters instead of one in the left secondary bronchus to increase the possibilities for more conformal target covering and better sparing of the OAR (oesophagus in dark blue). The GTV in red receives 10Gy the CTV in orange 8 GY

Fig. 29.12: DVH comparison of loading 1 versus 2 endoluminal bronchus catheters in the left secondary bronchus to increase the possibilities for more conformal target covering (GTV in red, CTV in orange and better sparing of the OAR (oesophagus in blue)