ReviewJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2021
Effectiveness of low-dose radiation therapy to improve mortality of COVID-19.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.
- Low-dose radiation therapy suppresses viral pneumonia by enhancing broad-spectrum anti-inflammatory responses via transforming growth factor-β production.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Article
- Covid-19 and radiotherapy: a systematic review after 2 years of pandemic.Clinical and translational imaging · 2022Review
- COVID-19 and low-dose radiation therapy.Radiation medicine and protection · 2021Review
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Abstract
introductionPerforming low-dose radiation therapy (LDRT) is a new approach to treat pneumonia resulting from COVID-19 disease. This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of LDRT in treating COVID-19 patients.
methodsMedline was searched for "low-dose" and "radiation therapy" and "COVID-19" and "pneumonia" and "inflammation", to retrieve papers that published on low-dose radiation therapy to improve mortality of COVID-19 patients. Only clinical investigations that included original and case report papers were selected for this paper.
resultsThe completed clinical trials that have performed LDRT to treat COVID-19 showed that the effectiveness of LDRT in treating COVID-19 was up to 90%.
conclusionThe vast majority of primary and secondary outcomes of clinical trial investigations regarding LDRT in treating COVID-19 found that LDRT can be considered a feasible treatment to improve mortality of COVID-19 patients.
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