Radiation-induced pneumonitis in lung cancer patients

The results of treatment for radiation-induced pneumonitis in patients with stage IIА-IIIВ lung cancer are presented. Of the 25 patients, 10 died of various causes or continued to receive anti-tumor therapy because of progressive lung cancer. Within a year, the remaining 15 patients developed grade II-IV pneumofibrosis. A year after the onset of rehabilitation procedures, the patients without symptoms of disease progression showed an insignificant reduction in parameters of acute inflammation and increase in the level of markers for tissue hypoxia and destruction. An insignificant improvement of ventilatory lung function, health self-evaluation and Karnovsky index was simultaneously noted