Lung Damage due to Chemotherapeutic Agents
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VOLUME: 52 ISSUE: 4
P: 248 - 250
December 2014

Lung Damage due to Chemotherapeutic Agents

Med Bull Haseki 2014;52(4):248-250
1. Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göğüs Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Muğla, Türkiye
2. Merkezefendi Devlet Hastanesi, Acil Tıp Kliniği, Manisa, Türkiye
3. Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Muğla, Türkiye
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Received Date: 05.04.2014
Accepted Date: 13.06.2014
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ABSTRACT

Chemotherapeutic drug-induced pulmonary toxicity not only emerges in cumulative doses, but also can be observed even at low dosages. Combined administration of many drugs, concurrent radiotherapy applications, opportunistic infections, lymphangitic tumor extension and pleural metastases complicate the disease diagnosis.

Keywords:
Chemotherapeutic drugs, lung injury