A Prospective Study to Evaluate Clinical Radiation Induced Pneumonitis in Lung Cancer Patients and its Dose Response Relationship with Radiotherapy.

Sayan Das¹, Shagun Misra², Anusheel Munshi³, Shrinivas Rathod⁴, Nilendu Purandare¹, Sandeep Tandon¹ and Jai Prakash Agarwal^1*

¹Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

²Department of Radiation Oncology, SGPGI, Lucknow, India

³Department of Radiation Oncology, Fortis Memorial Cancer Centre, Gurgaon, India

⁴Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Jai Prakash Agarwal, Department of Radiation Oncology, Homi Bhaba Block, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai-400012, India, Tel: +91 - 22 - 24177164, Fax: +91- 22- 24146937 Email:

Keywords: Radiation oncology; Pneumonitis; Lung cancer; Conformal radiotherapy

Introduction