Oral administration of herbal medicines for radiation pneumonitis in lung cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Kwan-Il Kim; Ji Hee Jun; Hyunjung Baek; Jae-Hyo Kim; Beom-Joon Lee; Hee-Jae Jung

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0198015

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Oral administration of herbal medicines for radiation pneumonitis in lung cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Kwan-Il Kim ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kwan-Il Kim, Ji Hee Jun

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Division of Allergy, Immune and Respiratory System, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ji Hee Jun ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kwan-Il Kim, Ji Hee Jun

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Medical Research Division, Korean Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Korea Medicine, Daejeon University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Hyunjung Baek,

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immune and Respiratory System, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jae-Hyo Kim,

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immune and Respiratory System, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Beom-Joon Lee,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immune and Respiratory System, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Hee-Jae Jung

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: hanfish@khmc.or.kr

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immune and Respiratory System, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7384-6881

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Oral administration of herbal medicines for radiation pneumonitis in lung cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Kwan-Il Kim,
Ji Hee Jun,
Hyunjung Baek,
Jae-Hyo Kim,
Beom-Joon Lee,
Hee-Jae Jung

Published: May 30, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198015

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