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The role of procalcitonin in differential diagnosis between acute radiation pneumonitis and bacterial pneumonia in lung cancer patients receiving thoracic radiotherapy

Acute Radiation Pneumonitis (ARP) is one of the most common dose-limiting toxicities of thoracic radiotherapy. The accurate diagnosis of ARP remains a challenge because of the lack of a rapid biomarker capable of differentiating ARP from bacterial pneumo (BP). The aim of this study was to investigat...

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Autores principales: Wang, Zhiwu, Huo, Bingjie, Wu, Qiong, Dong, Liang, Fu, Haoyu, Wang, Shuo, Zhang, Jing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7031357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32076108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60063-w