Adjuvant malignant mesothelioma radiotherapy: How many difficulties! In regard to: Allen et al. Fatal pneumonitis associated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy for mesothelioma (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006;65:640-645) and Gupta et al. Hemithoracic radiation therapy after pleurectomy/decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005;63:1045-1052)

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006 Nov 15;66(4):1273-4; author reply 1274. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.07.1371.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Brachytherapy / adverse effects
  • Brachytherapy / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mesothelioma / drug therapy
  • Mesothelioma / mortality
  • Mesothelioma / radiotherapy*
  • Mesothelioma / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Pleura / surgery
  • Pleural Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Pleural Neoplasms / mortality
  • Pleural Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Pleural Neoplasms / surgery
  • Radiotherapy Dosage
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Survival Rate