Diabetes mellitus and radiation induced lung injury after thoracic stereotactic body radiotherapy.

CONCLUSIONS: The presence of diabetes and other clinical factors is associated with increased volume and density of radiographic RILI after lung SBRT, most prominently early after treatment. This is the first report demonstrating the increased severity of RILI after SBRT in diabetic patients. Increased caution treating diabetic patients may be warranted. PMID: 30253874 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research