Objective: Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment Background: Radiotherapy is often
used as an adjuvant therapy in breast cancer following surgical resection of the primary …

The authors report three patients who developed fatal respiratory failure after limited or
unilateral thoracic radiation therapy for neoplasms. The respiratory failure was characteristic …

Neoplastic pulmonary infiltration is an unusual but recognized cause of acute respiratory
distress syndrome (ARDS). However, its occurrence with primary undiagnosed …

Metastatic liver resection following cytoreductive chemotherapy is an accepted treatment for
oligometastatic tumor diseases. Although pulmonary complications are frequently reported …

Intro: There are two types of radiation-induced lung injury: acute radiation pneumonitis and
radiation fibrosis. Radiation pneumonitis (RP) is typically seen 6 to 12 weeks after the end of …

Radiation induced lung disease (RILD) is an important complication of thoracic irradiation
for different forms of intrathoracic malignancies. The incidence of RILD varies and it is …

Radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) encompasses any lung toxicity induced by radiation
therapy (RT). It manifests acutely as radiation pneumonitis (RP) and chronically as radiation …

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Breast conserving surgery with breast irradiation has been the standard surgical treatment
for early stage breast cancer for decades. Radiation pneumonitis and radiation-induced …

Presently, it is well established that postoperative radiation therapy (RT) both reduces the
risk of local recurrence [1Á/5] and extends overall survival in patients with breast cancer …