An especially high rate of radiation pneumonitis observed in patients treated with thoracic radiotherapy and simultaneous osimertinib.

Jia, Wenxiao; Guo, Hongbo; Jing, Wang; Jing, Xuquan; Li, Ji; Wang, Min; Yu, Jinming; Zhu, Hui · Radiother Oncol · 2020

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Abstract

Our study is the first to report an especially high rate of grade 2 or worse radiation pneumonitis in patients treated with thoracic radiotherapy and simultaneous Osimertinib, despite total lung V5, V20 and MLD seeming unlikely to induce radiation pneumonitis.

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