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Amifostine- and chemoradiotherapy-related esophagitis in small cell lung cancer: a single institutional series and literature update

OBJECTIVES: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy is considered a standard option for patients with stage 3 small cell lung carcinoma. A 25% risk of acute esophagitis is experienced by patients as a result of the volume of esophagus encompassed within a conformal radiotherapy technique. We reviewed our insti...

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Autores principales: Pollock, Ariel E, Shinn, Lowell, Anderson, Richard, Butler, Sarah, Pollock, Jondavid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6136401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30237747
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/LCTT.S155315