Two cases with fatal outcome following total lung irradiation for metastatic bone sarcoma

We report a single institution experience with total lung irradiation in 53 metastatic bone sarcoma patients in the context of two young female patients who died from treatment-induced pulmonary toxicity. A radiation dose of 19.5 Gy in 1.5 Gy daily fractions was given as two opposing fields with a c...

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Main Authors: Lia, K., Bruland, Ø.S., Randem, H.L., Aksnes, L.H., Poulsen, J.P., Taksdal, I., Sundby Hall, K.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4723386/