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Pulmonary emphysema (PE) has been demonstrated to have a high prevalence in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A total of 153 patients with locally advanced NSCLC were enrolled in this study to investigate the association between PE and radiation pneumonitis (RP) after definitive thoracic radiation therapy (TRT). The incidence of RP in Grade 2, 3 and 5 were 11.1%, 9.8% and 0.7%, respectively. Univariate analysis revealed that age, PE, forced vital capacity (FVC), arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PO 2 ) and mean lung dose (MLD) were significantly associated with the risk of Grade ≥2 or Grade ≥3 RP in patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC,  P  < 0.05). Logistic analysis demonstrated that PE was an independent risk factor of RP in SCC ( P  < 0.05). Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis revealed that the combination of age, PE, FVC, PO 2  and MLD had a higher value to predict RP in SCC (AUC = 0.856 in Grade ≥2 RP and 0.882 in Grade ≥3 RP, respectively). Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that the more severe the PE, the higher the incidence of RP in SCC. Our results revealed that PE was a high risk factor for locally advanced NSCLC patients followed definitive TRT, especially for SCC patients.

Pulmonary emphysema is a risk factor for radiation pneumonitis in NSCLC patients with squamous cell carcinoma after thoracic radiation therapy