Acute exacerbation of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias related to chemotherapy for lung cancer: nationwide surveillance in Japan

Background Chemotherapy-induced acute exacerbation (AEx) of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) seriously compromises the success of treatment of Japanese lung cancer patients. Here, we conducted a nationwide surveillance to clarify the risk of AEx and compare it with the survival benefit of c...

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Main Authors: Yuji Minegishi, Akihiko Gemma, Sakae Homma, Kazuma Kishi, Arata Azuma, Takashi Ogura, Naoki Hamada, Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Noboru Hattori, Yasuhiko Nishioka, Kiminobu Tanizawa, Takeshi Johkoh, Takuma Yokoyama, Kazutaka Mori, Yoshio Taguchi, Masahito Ebina, Naohiko Inase, Koichi Hagiwara, Hiroshi Ohnishi, Hiroshi Mukae, Yoshikazu Inoue, Kazuyoshi Kuwano, Hirofumi Chiba, Ken Ohta, Yoshinori Tanino, Fumikazu Sakai, Yukihiko Sugiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2020-05-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/6/2/00184-2019.full