Radiotherapy remains a mainstay of cancer treatment, being used in roughly 50% of
patients. The precision with which the radiation dose can be delivered is rapidly improving …

This report provides a review of early and late effects of radiation in normal tissues and
organs with respect to radiation protection. It was instigated following a recommendation in …

Objectives: Review the pathophysiology and common side effects of radiation therapy.
Outline strategies for the treatment of radiotherapy side effects. Describe the importance of …

A collaboration of multidisciplinary experts on the functional evaluation of lung cancer
patients has been facilitated by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European …

Acute radiation damage is most prominent in tissues with rapidly proliferating cells, such as
in epithelial surfaces of the skin or alimentary tract. Symptoms develop when functional cells …

Purpose To review the evidence on the incidence of long-term cardiac or pulmonary toxicity
secondary to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or trastuzumab in symptomatic and asymptomatic …

Radiation fibrosis is a frequent sequel of therapeutic or accidental radiation overexposure in
normal human tissues. One of the main fundamental problems yet unsolved in fibrotic …

Although radiation therapy provides the backbone of primary and adjuvant therapy for
several thoracic malignancies, the lungs have long been known to be exquisitely sensitive to …

The goal of radiation therapy is to reduce or eliminate tumor burden while sparing normal
tissues from long-term injury. Thoracic radiation presents a unique challenge because of the …

Radiation-induced lung fibrosis (RILF) is a severe side effect of radiotherapy in lung cancer
patients that presents as a progressive pulmonary injury combined with chronic …