Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Lung Cancer Treatment

Interstitial lung disease is one of the most serious side effects caused by lung cancer treatment. Due to the complexity diagnosis and variability of the disease, it is often not diagnosied and treated in time, even endanger the patient's life and affect the patient's prognosis. The mechan...

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Main Authors: Zhiwei CAO, Shi JIN, Yan YU
Format: Article
Language:zho
Published: Chinese Anti-Cancer Association; Chinese Antituberculosis Association 2013-05-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2013.05.09
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Summary:Interstitial lung disease is one of the most serious side effects caused by lung cancer treatment. Due to the complexity diagnosis and variability of the disease, it is often not diagnosied and treated in time, even endanger the patient's life and affect the patient's prognosis. The mechanism of interstitial pneumonia caused by radiotherapy, chemotherapy and targeted therapy is still not fully known. Therefore, it become a problem that how to early detection, diagnosis and treat the interstitial lung disease caused by lung cancer treatment and it should not be ignored in the future.
ISSN:1009-3419
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