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Corticosteroids are commonly used for the treatment of radiation pneumonitis. Prednisone is started at 1 mg/kg/day upon diagnosis and is continued for several weeks and then tapered slowly. Other agents that have been used for treatment of radiation pneumonitis include azathioprine and cyclosporin A...
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Pneumonitis and fibrosis were first described as a complication of radiotherapy by Groover et al[1] in 1922. Radiation pneumonitis has been reported to occur in from 1 to 34% of patients receiving chest radiation, ... Inhaled steroids minimize these systemic side effects and are routinely used in the treatment of asthma.
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www.medscape.com/viewarticle/455711_3
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Especially after radiation treatments for tumors within the chest or the breast, the lungs may become inflamed. The lung inflammation from radiotherapy is termed radiation pneumonitis. ... Radiation Treatment and the Lungs...
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Treatment for Radiation Pneumonitis (Medscape); Explains radiation pneumonitis: how it occurs, its symptoms and possible treatments. Aimed at physicians. Registration required for free access to Medscape. [1/03]
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Background: Risk factors for severe radiation pneumonitis, which often spreads beyond treatment portals and may even be bilateral, have not been fully investigated. The purpose of this study was to identify important ... New agents in the treatment of radiation pneumonitis may be prospectively evaluated with these data.
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An inflammation of the lungs called radiation pneumonitis may develop three to nine months after radiotherapy is over. It causes coughing and shortness of breath as well as fever but in most cases calls for no specific treatment and gets better within two to four weeks.
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www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=lungcancer
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; Radiation portal (left) with subsequent radiation pneumonitis ... CT findings of acute radiation pneumonitis ... Sequential transverse images through lung showing radiation pneumonitis in right lung...
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Unbound MEDLINE | [Radiation pneumonitis: Pathophysiology and treatment] Journal article. Search by keyword, journal, author or by EBM filters diagnosis, treatment, prognosis or etiology. Evidence-based medicine search filters. ... [Radiation pneumonitis: Pathophysiology and treatment] Nippon rinsho.
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Abstract: Purpose: To investigate the clinical, histopathological, and radiological features of radiation pneumonitis arising as a complication of selective internal radiation treatment for liver tumors.
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