Reexpansion of atelectasis caused by use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) before radiation therapy (RT)

INTRODUCTION: Although radiation therapy (RT) is an effective treatment for malignant atelectasis, its accurate delivery is challenging because of difficulty differentiating between tumor and atelectatic lung. Furthermore, reexpansion of lung during treatment repositions tumor and normal structures...

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Autores principales: Appel, Sarit, Weizman, Noam, Davidson, Tima, Urban, Damien, Lawrence, Yaacov Richard, Symon, Zvi, Goldstein, Jeffrey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5506747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28740882
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2016.03.002

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