Prescreening based on the presence of CT-scan abnormalities and biomarkers (KL-6 and SP-D) may reduce severe radiation pneumonitis after stereotactic radiotherapy

PURPOSE: To determine the risk factors of severe radiation pneumonitis (RP) after stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for primary or secondary lung tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From January 2003 to March 2009, SBRT was performed on 117 patients (32 patients before 2005 and 85 patients after...

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Autores principales: Yamashita, Hideomi, Kobayashi-Shibata, Shino, Terahara, Atsuro, Okuma, Kae, Haga, Akihiro, Wakui, Reiko, Ohtomo, Kuni, Nakagawa, Keiichi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20459699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-5-32

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20459699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-5-32

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