The authors report two cases of apparent adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
following limited thoracic irradiation for lung cancer. Respiratory failure followed rapidly after …

The authors report three patients who developed fatal respiratory failure after limited or
unilateral thoracic radiation therapy for neoplasms. The respiratory failure was characteristic …

The effect of chest irradiation on pulmonary function was studied in 16 patients with lung
cancer and one with malignant thymoma. Radiation pneumonitis was detected by chest …

This 76-page booklet is the joint effort of a physician with an interest in nuclear medicine and
a veterinarian interested in radiobiology. Their summary of the clinical (human) and …

[en] Whole chest irradiation to a dose of 870 rets, ie 1500 rads in 4 sessions over 7 days,
causes only minimal functional reduction in patients whose pulmonary function was normal …

Subject: 62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND
OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND …

METHODS Pulmonary function and vascular resistance were evalu-ated in dogs before and
after irradiation to the chest. All studies were performed under pentobarbital anesthesia. Two …

Abnormal pulmonary changes following radiation therapy over the lungs have long been
recognized and frequently described. The object of this paper is not a description of these …