Radiotherapy of Lung Tumours in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Abstract

This article is a joint statement of the Czech Pneumological Society and the Czech Society for Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, and reviews current opinions on radiotherapy in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

Keywords

• idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
• chost radiotherapy
• indications
• radiation pneumonitis
• acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
• treatment