A Pattern of Early Radiation-Induced Inflammatory Cytokine Expression Is Associated with Lung Toxicity in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Shankar Siva; Michael MacManus; Tomas Kron; Nickala Best; Jai Smith; Pavel Lobachevsky; David Ball; Olga Martin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109560

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A Pattern of Early Radiation-Induced Inflammatory Cytokine Expression Is Associated with Lung Toxicity in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Shankar Siva ,

* E-mail: Shankar.Siva@petermac.org

Affiliation Division of Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Michael MacManus,

Affiliations Division of Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Tomas Kron,

Affiliations Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Physical Sciences, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Nickala Best,

Affiliation Molecular Radiation Biology Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC, Australia
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Jai Smith,

Affiliation Molecular Radiation Biology Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC, Australia
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Pavel Lobachevsky,

Affiliations Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Molecular Radiation Biology Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC, Australia
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David Ball,

Affiliations Division of Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Olga Martin

Affiliations Division of Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Molecular Radiation Biology Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC, Australia
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A Pattern of Early Radiation-Induced Inflammatory Cytokine Expression Is Associated with Lung Toxicity in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Shankar Siva,
Michael MacManus,
Tomas Kron,
Nickala Best,
Jai Smith,
Pavel Lobachevsky,
David Ball,
Olga Martin

Published: October 7, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109560

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