Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer

Radiation therapy is part of a multimodality treatment approach to lung cancer. The radiologist must be aware of both the expected and the unexpected imaging findings of the post –radiation therapy patient, including the time course for development of post– radiation therapy pneumonitis and fibrosis. In this review, a brief discussion of radiation therapy techniques and indications is presented, followed by an image-heavy differential diagnostic approach. The review focu ses on computed tomography imaging examples to help distinguish normal postradiation pneumonitis and fibrosis from alternative complications, such as infection, local recurrence, or radiation-induced malignancy.
Source: Clinics in Chest Medicine - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Source Type: research