Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors Decrease the Incidence of Radiation-induced Pneumonitis Among Lung Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Conclusions: ACE inhibitors could decrease the incidence of symptomatic RP among lung cancer patients. However, the use of ARBs has a slight trend to develop RP but not above statistical significance. Elderly patients (age ≥ 70) benefited the most from ACEIs.

Source: Journal of Cancer - June 20, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Fengze Sun, Huanhuan Sun, Xiaobin Zheng, Guangwei Yang, Nana Gong, Huaili Zhou, Siyang Wang, Zhibin Cheng, Haiqing Ma Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research