Pulmonary radiation injury

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1061-1076

  Movsas, Benjamin ^a   Raffin, Thomas A ^b,e   Epstein, Alan H ^c   Link Jr , Charles J ^d  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Iowa Cancer Research Foundation   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

pulmonary fibrosis; radiation; radiation pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW;

EID: 0030997304     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.4.1061     Document Type: Review

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