Radiation Therapy-Related Toxicity (Including Pneumonitis and Fibrosis)

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 293-310

  Chopra, Rahul R ^a   Bogart, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Endarteritis; Fibrosis; Inflammation; Radiation therapy; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOTHERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NECROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOTOXICITY; DYSPHAGIA; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SKIN TOXICITY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; X RAY; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 65549163593     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2009.01.010     Document Type: Review

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