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Di Muzio B, Murphy A, Knipe H, Complications of thoracic radiation therapy. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 30 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-67602
Complications of thoracic radiation therapy have significantly reduced since conventional radiotherapy has been largely replaced by modern conformational techniques. Even though, given the usually high radiation doses required for most thoracic cancers, some degree of collateral effects will be always present in the surrounding thoracic structures:
- lungs
- mediastinum
- soft tissues
- bony thoracic cage
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