Open Access<p>Clinical Management of Risk of Radiation Pneumonia with Serum Markers During the Radiotherapy for Patients with Thoracic Malignant Tumors</p>
Author(s) -
Yining Deng,
Ting Qiu,
Nishant Patel,
Shujun Zhou,
Ting Xue,
Haijun Zhang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s231995
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , radiation therapy , oncology , pathology
Risk of radiation pneumonia (RP) could not be effectively detected due to non-specific clinical symptoms in the early stage. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate serum biomarkers of cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) for its early detection in patients with thoracic malignant tumors receiving radiotherapy.