Abstract
No method reliably identifies which patients with connective tissue disorders are at greatest risk of radiotherapy-related complications. Building on our prior experience, we postulated that disease severity, as measured by the number of organ systems involved, may predict chronic radiation toxicity risk.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 127-131 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Radiotherapy and Oncology |
Volume | 87 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2008 |
Keywords
- Adverse effects
- Connective tissue disorder
- Radiotherapy
- Scleroderma
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Systemic sclerosis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology
- Oncology
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging