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Field size effects on the risk and severity of treatment-induced lymphopenia in patients undergoing radiation therapy for solid tumors

PURPOSE: Radiation-induced lymphopenia (RIL) is the result of direct toxicity to circulating lymphocytes as they traverse the irradiated field, occurs in 40% to 70% of patients who undergo conventional external beam radiation therapy, and is associated with worse outcomes in multiple solid tumors. A...

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Autor principal: Ellsworth, Susannah G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30370350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2018.08.014