… Radiation-induced myocardial fibrosis is a potentially lethal but rare clinical complication
of chest radiation therapy and a final stage of radiation-induced heart disease [34]. The …

… The frequency and presentation of cardiovascular complications of radiotherapy remains …
Thoracic radiotherapy is associated with increased risk of heart failure in long-term follow-up, …

… Postmortem study (48) results indicate that 50%–63% of patients treated with thoracic
radiation therapy develop myocardial interstitial fibrosis. Radiation-induced myocardial fibrosis …

… Thoracic … thoracic radiotherapy and can affect overall survival. This review details the
common and dose-limiting acute and late toxicities associated with thoracic radiation therapy. As …

… of the potentially severe complications with which it may be associated. These complications,
… The onset of complications may start from the first fraction of 2 Gy, continuing over several …

… Radiotherapy has been commonly used in patients with NSCLC during the course of their
disease. Traditionally radiotherapy … With the advent of modern radiotherapy techniques such …

… Pulmonary injury is more common in patients undergoing radiation therapy for lungs and
other thoracic malignancies. Recently with the use of most-advanced technologies powerful …

… in treatment strategies to tailor thoracic cancer care. … now routinely used in planning thoracic
RT to create target volumes … A normal-tissue complication probability (NTCP) model analysis …

… Radiation-induced lung disease (RILD) is frequent after therapeutic irradiation of thoracic …
is easily recognized after conventional two-dimensional radiation therapy (RT), RILD may …

… Radiotherapy is an essential treatment of more than 50% of … are two common radiotherapy
complications. Acute pericarditis … two cases of unusual complications of radiotherapy; the first …