Radiation-Induced Lung Injury: Prevention, Diagnostics and Therapy in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lukas Käsmann; Julian Taugner; Alexander Nieto; Claus Belka; Chukwuka Eze; Farkhad Manapov

doi:10.3390/jcm11195713

Radiation-Induced Lung Injury: Prevention, Diagnostics and Therapy in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic

J Clin Med. 2022 Sep 27;11(19):5713. doi: 10.3390/jcm11195713.

Authors

Lukas Käsmann^{1

2

3}, Julian Taugner¹, Alexander Nieto¹, Claus Belka^{1

2

3}, Chukwuka Eze¹, Farkhad Manapov^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.
² Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich (CPC-M), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 81377 Munich, Germany.
³ German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.

Abstract

Thoracic radiotherapy (TRT) plays an integral role in the multimodal treatment of lung cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, thymoma and mesothelioma, having been used as either a definitive, neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment or for palliative intention to achieve symptom control [...].

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.