[HTML][HTML] Clinician attitudes to using low-dose radiation therapy to treat COVID-19 lung disease

CR Hanna, KA Robb, KG Blyth, RJ Jones… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Current treatments for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lung disease have
limited efficacy. Low-dose radiation therapy (LDRT) has received both interest and criticism …

Low-dose radiation therapy (LDRT) for COVID-19: Benefits or risks?

PG Prasanna, GE Woloschak, AL DiCarlo… - Radiation …, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
The limited impact of treatments for COVID-19 has stimulated several phase 1 clinical trials
of whole-lung low-dose radiation therapy (LDRT; 0.3–1.5 Gy) that are now progressing to …

Personal view: low-dose lung radiotherapy for COVID-19 pneumonia–the atypical science and the unknown collateral consequence

H Tharmalingam, P Díez, Y Tsang… - Clinical …, 2020 - clinicaloncologyonline.net
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has had a devastating impact, with the number of …

Low-dose radiation therapy for COVID-19 pneumonia: a pilot study

DN Sharma, R Guleria, N Wig, A Mohan… - The British journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) as pandemic in March 2020. Currently there is no specific effective treatment for …

[HTML][HTML] Low dose lung radiotherapy for COVID-19 pneumonia. The rationale for a cost-effective anti-inflammatory treatment

PC Lara, J Burgos, D Macias - Clinical and translational radiation oncology, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemia is affecting people worldwide. Most of the patients suffered of a
respiratory disease that will progress to an acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) …

Low-dose radiation therapy for coronavirus disease-2019 pneumonia: Is it time to look beyond apprehensions?

BN Pandey - Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has become a global health crisis. Mortality
associated with COVID-19 is characterized mainly by acute respiratory distress syndrome …

[HTML][HTML] Low dose radiation therapy for COVID-19 pneumonia: A double-edged sword

A Kefayat, F Ghahremani - Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The COVID-19 pneumonia is a devastating disease without any approved treatment until
now [1]. Kirkby and Mackenzie discussed the potential of lungs low dose radiation therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Is low dose radiation therapy a potential treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia?

C Kirkby, M Mackenzie - Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Fatal cases of COVID-19 are characterised by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS),
sepsis, pneumonia and respiratory failure [1]. The high transmission rate of the virus and the …

[HTML][HTML] Low-dose radiation therapy for severe COVID-19 pneumonia: a randomized double-blind study

A Papachristofilou, T Finazzi, A Blum, T Zehnder… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose The morbidity and mortality of patients requiring mechanical ventilation for
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia is considerable. We studied the use of …

Low-dose radiation therapy in the management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia (LOWRAD-Cov19): Preliminary report

N Sanmamed, P Alcantara, E Cerezo… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Low-dose radiation therapy (LD-RT) has been shown to have an anti-inflammatory
effect, and preliminary results suggest it is feasible to treat patients with coronavirus disease …