High-dose hemithorax irradiation in a patient with recurrent thymoma: A study of pulmonary and cardiac radiation tolerance

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 441-445

  Bogart, Jeffrey A ^a   Sagerman, Robert H ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemithorax irradiation; Pulmonary function; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TOXICITY; PLEURA CAVITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RECURRENT CANCER; THORAX; THYMOMA;

FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033496045     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199910000-00003     Document Type: Article

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