Radiation therapy is a cornerstone of modern lung cancer treatment alongside surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and targeted therapies. Advances in radiotherapy techniques have enhanced the accuracy of radiation delivery, which has contributed to the evolution of radiation therapy into a guideline-recommended treatment in both early-stage and locally advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer. Furthermore, although radiotherapy has long been used for palliation of disease in advanced lung cancer, it is increasingly having a role as a locally ablative treatment in patients with oligometastatic disease.

This review provides an overview of recent developments in radiation techniques, particularly for non-radiation oncologists who are involved in the care of lung cancer patients. Technical advances are discussed, and findings of recent clinical trials are highlighted, all of which have led to a changing perception of the role of radiation therapy in multidisciplinary care.

放射疗法与手术、化学疗法、免疫疗法和靶向疗法一样，是现代肺癌治疗的基石。放疗技术的进步提高了放疗的准确性，这促使放疗发展成为指南推荐的治疗早期和局部晚期非小细胞肺癌的方法。此外，尽管放疗长期以来一直用于晚期肺癌的疾病缓解，但它越来越多地作为寡转移性疾病患者的局部消融治疗发挥作用。

这篇综述概述了放射技术的最新发展，特别是对于参与肺癌患者护理的非放射肿瘤学家。讨论了技术进步，强调了最近的临床试验结果，所有这些都导致了对放射治疗在多学科护理中的作用的认识发生了变化。