Subclinical interstitial lung disease: Is it a risk factor for fatal radiation pneumonitis following stereotactic body radiotherapyα

Lung Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 112-

  Takeda, Atsuya ^a   Sanuki, Naoko ^a   Enomoto, Tatsuji ^a   Kunieda, Etsuo ^b  

^a Ofuna Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbation; Interstitial lung disease; Non small cell lung cancer; Radiation pneumonitis; Stereotactic body radiotherapy; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LETTER; LUNG TUMOR; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY;

ACUTE EXACERBATION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; NON SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 84891737023     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2013.10.009     Document Type: Letter

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