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Nancy Lee, MD - ASTRO

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Concurrent Chemoradiation with Altered Fx<br />

• Rationale springs from RTOG 90-03 where altered fx improves loco-<br />

regional control control, disease disease-free free survival when compared to standard<br />

fractionation<br />

• Bourhis et al. (Lancent 2006): Meta-Analyses of 15 altered fx RT<br />

alone trials improves 5 year overall LC by 6.7% and survival by 3.4%<br />

(More pronouced with HFX than ACC FX<br />

• Trials of CT combined with QD RT are positive<br />

• C bi i CT i h l df i i h ldl d f h<br />

• Combining CT with altered fractionation should lead to further<br />

improvement of results

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