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Table 1 Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria.

From: Pulmonary magnetic resonance-guided online adaptive radiotherapy of locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: the PUMA trial

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Histologically-proven NSCLC

Involvement of supraclavicular lymph nodes

Tumor stage III A – C according to the UICC TNM classification (8th edition)

Additional pulmonary lesion (in the same or another lobe)

Indication for definitive thoracic CRT

Previous thoracic RT, if previous and current target volumes overlap

Age ≥ 18 years

Patients who have not yet recovered from acute toxicities of prior therapies

ECOG Score 0–2 (KPI ≥ 70%)

Contraindications against MRI scans

Adequate pulmonary function for CRT

 

Ability to lie still on the MR-linac table ≥ 1 h

 

Ability to hold one’s breath > 20 s

 

Successful completion of MR-guided RT simulation on the treatment machine

 
  1. NSCLC: non-small cell lung cancer, UICC: Union for International Cancer Control, (C)RT: (chemo)radiotherapy, ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, KPI: Karnofsky Performance Index, MRI: magnetic resonance imaging