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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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4723386/ |