An especially high rate of radiation pneumonitis observed in patients treated with thoracic radiotherapy and simultaneous osimertinib
Wenxiao Jia, Hongbo Guo, Jing Wang, Xuquan Jing, Ji Li, Min Wang, Jinming Yu, Hui Zhu
Abstract
Our study is the first to report an especially high rate of grade 2 or worse radiation pneumonitis in patients treated with thoracic radiotherapy and simultaneous Osimertinib, despite total lung V5, V20 and MLD seeming unlikely to induce radiation pneumonitis.
Topics & Concepts
Radiation PneumonitisPneumonitisMedicineRadiation therapyOsimertinibRadiologyLungInternal medicineCancerAdenocarcinomaROS1Lung Cancer Treatments and MutationsInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment