Fatal pneumonitis associated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy for mesothelioma: In regard to Allen et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006;65:640-645)

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1595-1596

  Komaki, Ritsuko ^a   Liao, Zhongxing ^a   Liu, Helen ^a   Tucker, Susan ^a   Rice, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MESOTHELIOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 33751176090     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.09.005     Document Type: Letter

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