Radiation-induced lung injury
From IDWiki
- Spectrum of disease including:
- Radiation pneumonitis, with acute lung inflammation
- Radiation fibrosis, from chronic tissue damage
- Risk factors include total radiation dose to the lung (the main risk factor), but also fractionation and concurrent chemotherapy (doxorubicin, taxanes, bleomycin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, mitomycin, gemcitabine, and bevacizumab)
