Background: Risk factors for severe radiation pneumonitis, which often spreads beyond
treatment portals and may even be bilateral, have not been fully investigated. The purpose …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening lung injury characterized by
an acute inflammatory response in the lung parenchyma. Hence, it is considered as the most …

In recent years, there have been significant advances in the management of patients with
lung cancer. This progress is associated with increased use of medical intensive care units …

Lung cancer still remains the leading cause of cancer death among males. Several new
methodologies are being used in the everyday practise for diagnosis and staging. Novel …

Abstract Purpose: A Phase I/II trial was conducted by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
from 1984 to 1989 for 355 evaluable patients with non-small-cell lung cancer to assess …

Radiotherapy remains an important treatment modality for patients with chest malignancies;
this is particularly true in patients with breast cancer and Hodgkin lymphoma as well as lung …

The lung is a dose-limiting organ when thoracic neoplasms are irradiated [11. The number
of patients who are candidates for chest irradiation is large as it includes patients with …

Résumé Les complications pulmonaires pouvant être induites par la radiothérapie se
composent essentiellement de la pneumopathie radique (aiguë ou subaiguë), de la fibrose …

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 usefulness of a nuclear imaging technique as a means of detecting radiation-induced
lung injury is examined. The technique involves the patient inhaling modified technegas …