This 76-page booklet is the joint effort of a physician with an interest in nuclear medicine and
a veterinarian interested in radiobiology. Their summary of the clinical (human) and …

This 76-page booklet is the joint effort of a physician with an interest in nuclear medicine and
a veterinarian interested in radiobiology. Their summary of the clinical (human) and …

Abnormal pulmonary changes following radiation therapy over the lungs have long been
recognized and frequently described. The object of this paper is not a description of these …

Subject: N28620*-Life Sciences-Radiation Effects on Animals-Vertebrates; ANIMALS;
IONIZING RADIATIONS; LUNGS; RADIATION INJURIES; ANIMALS/radioinduced damage …

Physiologic and anatomic changes following unilateral pulmonary irradiation up to 6,000
rads in dogs were studied. Fractionate irradiation was given to the right lung of 11 dogs …

With refinements in radiotherapeutic techniques in recent years, the incidence of pulmonary
damage attributable to irradiation has decreased. A significant number of patients, however …

The degenerative and fibrotic changes produced by irradiation in all tissues are of especial
significance when their presence interferes with vital functions. One of those in which this …

IT is well recognized that the margin between a dose of X-rays that is therapeutically
effective arid one that produces undesirable damage to adjacent healthy tissue is always …

Radiation-induced injury to the lungs is well recognized as a potential complication in the
treatment of patients with carcinomas of the breast, lung, or esophagus; lymphomas; or other …

The authors state in their introduction," This book is a review of the literature designed to
determine the current state of knowledge regarding the response of normal lung to …