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 …

Radiation therapy is a major treatment modality for management of non-small cell lung
cancer. Radiation pneumonitis is a dose limiting toxicity of radiotherapy, affecting its …

Toxicity of the respiratory system is a common side effect and complication of anticancer
therapy that can result in significant morbidity. The range of respiratory compromise can …

T he fundamental ability to successfully treat any neoplasm ultimately depends on the
therapeutic ratio, ie, the ability to sterilize the tumor while sparing normal tissues. There are …

Purpose: To investigate prospectively the utility of plasma transforming growth factor β1
(TGFβ1) as a marker for the development of symptomatic radiation pneumonitis. Materials …

Purpose: To develop methods of predicting the pulmonary consequences of thoracic
irradiation (RT) by prospectively studying changes in pulmonary function following RT …

This paper provides an overview of image registration and data fusion techniques used in
radiation therapy, and examples of their use. They are used at all stages of the patient …

Purpose: Investigations to study correlations between the estimations of biophysical models
in three dimensional (3D) treatment planning and clinical observations are scarce. The …

Purpose: To correlate the volume of lung irradiated with changes in plasma levels of the
fibrogenic cytokine transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) during radiotherapy (RT), such that …

PURPOSE: Pentoxifylline (Ptx) is thought to be helpful in preventing radiotoxicity by
inhibiting platelet aggregation and tumor necrosis factor. We assessed whether prophylactic …