Is there an increased risk of pneumonitis in COVID-19+ patients receiving lung irradiation?

Any differences in the risks between SBRT vs. conventionally fractionation? Concurrent immunotherapy?

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Have you noticed increased pulmonary side effects in COVID-19+ patients who have received thoracic RT?

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Radiation Oncology · Yale School of Medicine

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This is still very much an open question, since COVID-19 has not existed long enough for us to assess the full impact of the virus on radiation pneumonitis/fibrosis risk. It may be challenging to accurately determine the primary etiology of lung-related changes for COVID-positive patients who receiv...

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