Lung Cancer
Volume 69, Issue 1 , Pages 77-85 , July 2010

Early and late lung radiographic injury following stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)

  • Marco Trovo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology at the Oncologic Referral Center of Aviano, Italy
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States
    • ,
  • Anna Linda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology at the University of Udine, Italy
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, United States
    • ,
  • Issam El Naqa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States
    • ,
  • Cylen Javidan-Nejad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, United States
    • ,
  • Jeffrey Bradley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Radiation Oncology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4921 Parkview Place, Campus Box 8224, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States. Tel.: +1 314 362 4633; fax: +1 314 747 9557.

Received 21 January 2009 ,Revised 14 September 2009 ,Accepted 15 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.09.006

Lung Cancer
Volume 69, Issue 1 , Pages 77-85 , July 2010

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