Challenges in defining radiation pneumonitis in patients with lung cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 635-638

  Kocak, Zafer ^a,b   Evans, Elizabeth S ^a   Zhou, Su Min ^a   Miller, Keith L ^a   Folz, Rodney J ^a   Shafman, Timothy D ^a   Marks, Lawrence B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Confounding factors; Lung cancer; Radiation pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

BRONCHIAL STENOSIS; FIBROSIS; LUNG CANCER; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; STEROID THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS;

EID: 20344396842     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.12.023     Document Type: Article

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