Research progress on pathogenesis and molecular targeted therapy of radiation-induced lung injury / 中国辐射卫生

ABSTRACT

Radiation-induced lung injury is a common complication of radiotherapy for thoracic tumor, usually involves the radiation-induced pneumonitis at early stage and radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis at late stage, which seriously affects the treatment and prognosis of patients. At present the common treatments for radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis include anti-inflammatory therapy, glucocorticoid therapy, antioxidant therapy and so on. Recentlywith the further research of radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis, more and more attention has attracted in molecular targeted therapy. Molecular targeted inhibitors is a new class of drugs for the treatment of radiation-induced lung injury, mainly targeting a variety of cytokines, signaling pathways, tyrosine kinase receptors and other targets. This article systematically reviews the pathogenesis and molecular targeted therapy of radiation-induced lung injury.