Radiation Dose to the Thoracic Vertebral Bodies is Associated with Acute Hematologic toxicities in Patients Receiving Concurrent Chemoradiation for Lung Cancer: Results of a Single Center Retrospective Analysis

Hematologic toxicities are a common acute side effect of concurrent chemoradiation therapy in patients with lung cancer. In this study, we demonstrate an association between radiation dose to the thoracic vertebral bodies and the development of acute hematologic toxicities, which suggests that bone marrow sparing radiation methods may be used to reduce the incidence of hematologic toxicities in these patients.

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