Clinical radiation pneumonitis and radiographic changes after thoracic radiation therapy for lung carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 842-850

  Monson, Jedidiah M ^a,c   Stark, Paul ^b,d   Reilly, John J ^b   Sugarbaker, David J ^b   Strauss, Gary M ^a   Swanson, Scott J ^b   Decamp, Malcolm M ^b   Mentzer, Steven J ^b   Baldini, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung carcinoma; Radiation pneumonitis; Radiation therapy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032031611     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980301)82:5<842::AID-CNCR7>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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