Would you use inhaled steroids with or without oral steroids for the treatment of radiation pneumonitis?
Would inhaled steroids help reduce the PO dose and/or significantly accelerate tapering? If s, for what pneumonitis grade? What specific steroid prescription would you use? and specific steroid prescriptions. Literature example PMID: 26830686.
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Radiation Oncology · Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
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I have not tried inhaled steroids instead of oral steroids for symptomatic radiation pneumonitis much in my practice. Many patients are already on inhaled steroids at baseline, and many who develop pneumonitis have severe symptoms.
That being said, avoiding oral steroids could be particularly import...
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