Radiation Pneumonitis after Radiotherapy of Neck Lymphoma
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Radiation Pneumonitis after Radiotherapy of Neck Lymphoma
Radiotherapy is still one of the effective means for treatment of malignant tumors up to now. Particularly, it is an indispensable effective measure for treatment of some lymphoma patients. In routine work, radiation pneumonitis (RP) is the most significant complication of acute treatment-related toxicities in lung cancer; however, serious radioactive pneumonia is rare for the radiotherapy of n...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Pulmonology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2090-6846,2090-6854
DOI: 10.1155/2014/614984