Impact of Preexisting Interstitial Lung Disease on Acute, Extensive Radiation Pneumonitis: Retrospective Analysis of Patients with Lung Cancer.

Impact of Preexisting Interstitial Lung Disease on Acute, Extensive Radiation Pneumonitis: Retrospective Analysis of Patients with Lung Cancer.

This study investigated the clinical characteristics and predictive factors for developing acute extended radiation pneumonitis with a focus on the presence and radiological characteristics of preexisting interstitial lung disease.Of 1429 irradiations for lung cancer from May 2006 to August 2013, we...

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Main Authors: Yuichi Ozawa, Takefumi Abe, Minako Omae, Takashi Matsui, Masato Kato, Hirotsugu Hasegawa, Yasunori Enomoto, Takeaki Ishihara, Naoki Inui, Kazunari Yamada, Koshi Yokomura, Takafumi Suda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4603947?pdf=render

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