A novel nomogram containing acute radiation esophagitis predicting radiation pneumonitis in thoracic cancer receiving radiotherapy

A novel nomogram containing acute radiation esophagitis predicting radiation pneumonitis in thoracic cancer receiving radiotherapy

Abstract Background Radiation-induced pneumonitis (RP) is a non-negligible and sometimes life-threatening complication among patients with thoracic radiation. We initially aimed to ascertain the predictive value of acute radiation-induced esophagitis (SARE, grade ≥ 2) to symptomatic RP (SRP, grade ≥...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Wenjie Tang, Xiaolin Li, Haining Yu, Xiaoyang Yin, Bing Zou, Tingting Zhang, Jinlong Chen, Xindong Sun, Naifu Liu, Jinming Yu, Peng Xie
Materialtyp: Artikel
Språk:English
Publicerad: BMC 2021-05-01
Serie:BMC Cancer
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Nomogram
Thoracic cancer
Acute radiation-induced esophagitis
Symptomatic radiation-induced pneumonitis
Radiotherapy
Länkar:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08264-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08264-y

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