Association between Systemic Chemotherapy before Chemoradiation and Increased Risk of Treatment-Related Pneumonitis in Esophageal Cancer Patients Treated with Definitive Chemoradiotherapy Shulian Wang, MD, Zhongxing Liao, MD, Xiong Wei, MD, H Helen Liu, PhD, Susan L. Tucker, PhD, Chaosu Hu, MD, Jaffer A. Ajani, MD, Alexandria Phan, MD, Stephen G. Swisher, MD, Radhe Mohan, PhD, James D. Cox, MD, Ritsuko Komaki, MD Journal of Thoracic Oncology Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages 277-282 (March 2008) DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181653ca6 Copyright © 2008 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 1 Freedom from grade ≥2 TRP as a function of time from the end of radiotherapy among 96 esophageal cancer patients treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy. Curves were calculated using the method of Kaplan and Meier. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2008 3, 277-282DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181653ca6) Copyright © 2008 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 2 Effect of systemic chemotherapy before concurrent chemoradiation on freedom from grade ≥2 TRP. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2008 3, 277-282DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181653ca6) Copyright © 2008 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions