Open AccessEvaluation of spirometry as a parameter of response to chemotherapy in advanced lung cancer patients: A pilot study
Author(s) -
Deepak Aggarwal,
Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra,
Ashok Kumar Janmeja,
Varinder Saini
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_919_17
Subject(s) - medicine , spirometry , lung cancer , response evaluation criteria in solid tumors , chemotherapy , oncology , context (archaeology) , cancer , asthma , progressive disease , paleontology , biology
Spirometry is an important tool to monitor treatment response in diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. However, there is lack of evidence to support its application to evaluate response to chemotherapy in advanced lung cancer. It might be a useful adjunct to the imaging-based response evaluation which lacks functional assessment of lungs.