Published January 2005
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Journal article
Outcome of radiation therapy for renal transplant rejection refractory to chemical immunosuppression
- 1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC-Daniel Den Hoed Cancer Center, Postbus 5201, 3008 AE Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- 2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, 169 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425 (United States)
Description
Twenty consecutive patients with kidney graft rejection refractory to chemical immunosuppression were treated with local irradiation to the transplanted renal graft (3x1.5 Gy). Ten patients were complete responders (median follow-up: 47 months). Six patients were partial responders and failed after 1-4 months. Four patients did not respond
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.08.011;
- PII
- S0167-8140(04)00364-0;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radiotherapy and Oncology
- Journal Volume
- 74
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 17-19
- ISSN
- 0167-8140
- CODEN
- RAONDT
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Ireland
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36074475
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- GRAFTS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEYS; LOCAL IRRADIATION; PATIENTS; RADIOTHERAPY
- Descriptors DEC
- BODY; IRRADIATION; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY; TRANSPLANTS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.