The Research Progress in Imaging Evaluation of Efficacy of Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy for Central Lung Cancer

Central lung cancer is one of the big threat to human's health and life. It is highly invasive and has a high fatality rate.so, the treatments are mainly composed of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Precision medicine demands accurate assessment of tumor response to therapies with the purpose of timely optimization or adjustment of the given treatment regimens. This paper mainly reviews the current clinical imaging methods to assess the efficacy of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in central lung cancer.