Long-term changes in pulmonary function tests after definitive radiotherapy for lung cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 611-615

  Miller, Keith L ^a   Zhou, Su Min ^a   Barrier Jr , Robert C ^a   Shafman, Timothy ^a   Folz, Rodney J ^a   Clough, Robert W ^a   Marks, Lawrence B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Pulmonary function tests; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; SMOKE; TUMORS;

PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS (PFT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; STEROID;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; COUGHING; DIFFUSION; DOSIMETRY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALER; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 0038281406     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00182-2     Document Type: Article

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