RILT

Cardiac comorbidity is an independent risk factor for radiation-induced lung toxicity in lung cancer patients

Georgi Nalbantov, Bas Kietselaer, Katrien Vandecasteele, Cary Oberije, Maaike Berbee, Esther Troost, Anne-Marie Dingemans, Angela van Baardwijk, Kim Smits, André Dekker, Johan Bussink, Dirk De Ruysscher, Yolande Lievens, Philippe Lambin

Purpose: To test the hypothesis that cardiac comorbidity before the start of radiotherapy (RT) is associated with an increased risk of radiation-induced lung toxicity (RILT) in lung cancer patients.

Multivariate dyspnea nomogram