Whole lung irradiation as a novel treatment for COVID-19: Interim results of an ongoing phase 2 trial in India

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The main cause of death in COVID-19 pneumonia is acute respiratory distress syndrome which is preceded by massive cytokine release. Low-dose radiation therapy (LDRT) has anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects that can interfere with the inflammatory cascade, reducing...

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Autores principales: Ganesan, Govindaraj, Ponniah, Sasipriya, Sundaram, Vivek, Marimuthu, Praveen Kumar, Pitchaikannu, Venkatraman, Chandrasekaran, Manigandan, Thangarasu, Janakiraman, Kannupaiyan, Gunasekaran, Ramamoorthy, Prabhu, Thangaraj, Brindha, Shree Vaishnavi, Raguram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8359565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34391759
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2021.08.001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8359565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34391759
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2021.08.001

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