The purpose of this report is to review the entity of radiation pneumonitis and to emphasize
those aspects that remain unsettled and warrant experimental investigation. Increased …

After irradiation of the chest, usually for the treatment of metastatic disease, some patients
develop radiation pneumonitis which is characterized by an early stage and a late stage …

Pulmonary changes following radiation therapy of carcinoma of the breast have been
reported frequently with the use of direct portals. In an attempt to deliver adequate radiation …

Most of Us justifiably regard the lungs as relatively radioresistant. It is only when large ports
are irradiated to moderately high doses that we begin to see clinical symptoms of radiation …

The cellular effects of irradiating the lungs are related to the histologic and clinical sequelae.
The occurrence and severity of damage are semiquantitatively related to the volume of lung …

PULMONARY changes following radiation therapy for carcinoma of the lung were
recognized as early as 1898 (2) and have been described frequently since then. Clinical …

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 …

A case demonstrating fulminant radiation pneumonitis following a course of prophylactic
whole lung irradiation at doses below 2000 rads, resulting in death, is presented. The …

The acute radiation pneumonitis syndrome of increasing cough with dyspnes and
characteristic radiographic changes developed in 44 of 245 patients (17.5%) who were …

Radiation therapy for primary carcinoma of the lung has not been effective as a curative
agent. However, its usefulness in palliation and in prolonging life should not be overlooked …