Occurrence and perdictive factors of radiation pneumonitis in patients with thoracic tumor
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2020.02.009
- VernacularTitle:胸部肿瘤患者辐射性肺炎的发生和预测因素
- Author:
Lingli FU
1
;
Ping LI
;
Rui ZHANG
;
Jianglong HAN
;
Zhenming FU
Author Information
1. 武汉大学人民医院肿瘤中心 430060
- From:
Journal of International Oncology
2020;47(2):107-111
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Radiation pneumonitis is a common complication in the radiotherapy for thoracic malignant tumors. And the resulting respiratory failure is one of the most serious side effects. The occurrence and severity of radiation pneumonitis depend on many factors such as age, performance status scores, smoking status, lung condition, tumor sizes, tumor location, chemoradiotherapy related factors, inflammatory factors and single-nucleotide polymorphism, et al. Some imaging examinations, for example single-photon emission computed tomography and PET-CT, have been used to predict radiation pneumonitis, while its usefulness remains to be strengthened. Further researches are still needed to find the gold standard in the prediction of radiation pneumonitis.
