Interstitial pneumonitis in a castration-resistant prostate cancer patient receiving cabazitaxel after thoracic radiation therapy: a case report

Abstract Background Interstitial pneumonitis is a rare reaction in a previously irradiated area of pulmonary or thoracic lesion after treatment with anticancer drugs such as taxanes. Case presentation A 66-year-old man presented with a fever and dyspnea after treatment with cabazitaxel for castratio...

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Main Authors: Yoshinori Yanai, Takeo Kosaka, Hiroshi Hongo, Mototsugu Oya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5942-4