Estimating cancer risks due to whole lungs low dose radiotherapy with different techniques for treating COVID-19 pneumonia.

Amin Banaei Bijan Hashemi Mohsen Bakhshandeh

Published in: Radiation oncology (London, England) (2022)

All the radiotherapy techniques had low cancer risks. However, the overall estimated risks induced by IMRT and VMAT radiotherapy techniques were lower than the 3D-CRT techniques and can be used clinically in younger patients or patients having greater concerns about radiation induced cancers.

Keyphrases

radiation induced
end stage renal disease
low dose
radiation therapy
early stage
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
papillary thyroid
coronavirus disease
sars cov
locally advanced
heart failure
human health
risk assessment
squamous cell carcinoma