Pulmonary Toxicities and Treatment of Radiation TherapyEmine Argüder1, Berna Akkuş Yıldırım2, H. Canan Hasanoğlu3
1Clinic Of Chest Diseases, Ankara Atatürk Training And Research Hospital, Ankara
2Department of Radiation Oncology, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara
3Department of Chest Diseases, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara
Radiotherapy (RT), used for the treatment of cancers, such as lung cancer, lymphoma, breast cancer, bone marrow transplantation, and esophageal cancer, causes the exposure of lungs to radiation. Since the lungs are very sensitive to ionizing radiation, radiation-induced lung diseases due to radiation therapy are usually common. In this article, lung diseases secondary to RT and the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases were evaluated in light of the literature. Keywords: Cancer, lung, radiotherapy, toxicity
Emine Argüder, Berna Akkuş Yıldırım, H. Canan Hasanoğlu. Pulmonary Toxicities and Treatment of Radiation Therapy. Eurasian J Pulmonol. 2014; 16(3): 150-158
Corresponding Author: Emine Argüder, Türkiye |
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