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Guidelines for Complications of Cancer Treatment Vol VIII Part B

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7. Rubin, P. Radiation toxicity: Quantitative radiationpathology <strong>for</strong> predicting effects. <strong>Cancer</strong> 39(Suppl.2):729- 736; 1977.8. Bradley J, Thorstad WL, Mutic S, et al. Impact <strong>of</strong> FDG-PET on radiation therapy volume delineation in non–small-cell lung cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys2004;59:78–86,9. Daisne JF, Sibomana M, Bol A, et al. Tri-dimensionalautomatic segmentation <strong>of</strong> PET volumes based onmeasured source-to-background rations: influence <strong>of</strong>reconstruction algorithms. Radiother Oncol2003;69:247–250.Suggested Reading:Br J <strong>Cancer</strong>. 2008 Jun 3;98(11):1870-5. Epub 2008May 27. LinksIncidence <strong>of</strong> interstitial pneumonitis among breast cancerpatients: a 10-year Danish population-based cohort study.Christensen S, Pedersen L, Grijota M, Kornum JB,Beiderbeck A, Sørensen HT.Department <strong>of</strong> Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus UniversityHospital, Aarhus, Denmark. sc@dce.au.dkChemotherapy and radiation therapy may increase risk <strong>for</strong>interstitial pneumonitis (IP) in breast cancer patients, but thereare little current population-based data on IP incidence in thesepatients. We assessed population-based incidence rates (IRs)<strong>of</strong> IP among Danish breast cancer patients and compared thesewith IRs <strong>for</strong> the Danish general population. Through the Danish<strong>Cancer</strong> Registry, we identified all Danish breast cancer patients(n=35 823) diagnosed between 1994 and 2004. <strong>Treatment</strong> datawere obtained from the Danish Breast <strong>Cancer</strong> CooperationGroup database, and data on IP, from the Danish National322

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