Low-dose radiation therapy (LDRT) for COVID-19: Benefits or risks?

PG Prasanna, GE Woloschak, AL DiCarlo… - Radiation …, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
The limited impact of treatments for COVID-19 has stimulated several phase 1 clinical trials
of whole-lung low-dose radiation therapy (LDRT; 0.3–1.5 Gy) that are now progressing to …

Is there any supportive evidence for low dose radiotherapy for COVID-19 pneumonia?

S Salomaa, SD Bouffler, MJ Atkinson… - … Journal of Radiation …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Since early April 2020, there has been intense debate over proposed clinical use of ionizing
radiation to treat life-threatening pneumonia in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Identification of pneumonia disease applying an intelligent computational framework based on deep learning and machine learning techniques

Y Muhammad, MD Alshehri… - Mobile Information …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pneumonia is a very common and fatal disease, which needs to be identified at the initial
stages in order to prevent a patient having this disease from more damage and help him/her …

Low-dose radiation therapy in the management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia (LOWRAD-Cov19): Preliminary report

N Sanmamed, P Alcantara, E Cerezo… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Low-dose radiation therapy (LD-RT) has been shown to have an anti-inflammatory
effect, and preliminary results suggest it is feasible to treat patients with coronavirus disease …

[HTML][HTML] Low-dose radiation therapy for severe COVID-19 pneumonia: a randomized double-blind study

A Papachristofilou, T Finazzi, A Blum, T Zehnder… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose The morbidity and mortality of patients requiring mechanical ventilation for
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia is considerable. We studied the use of …

Noncancer effects of ionizing radiation exposure on the eye, the circulatory system and beyond: Developments made since the 2011 ICRP Statement on Tissue …

N Hamada - Radiation Research, 2023 - meridian.allenpress.com
For radiation protection purposes, noncancer effects with a threshold-type dose-response
relationship have been classified as tissue reactions (formerly called nonstochastic or …

[HTML][HTML] The role of ionizing radiation for diagnosis and treatment against COVID-19: evidence and considerations

M Chalkia, NA Arkoudis, E Maragkoudakis, S Rallis… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread worldwide with
over 260 million people infected and more than 5 million deaths, numbers that are …

Whole-lung low-dose radiation therapy (LD-RT) for non-intubated oxygen-dependent patients with COVID-19-related pneumonia receiving dexamethasone and/or …

CB Hess, TY Eng, TH Nasti, VR Dhere… - Radiotherapy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Low-dose radiotherapy (LD-RT) has produced anti-inflammatory effects in both
animal models and early human trials of COVID-19-related pneumonia. The role of whole …

The risk of induced cancer and ischemic heart disease following low dose lung irradiation for COVID-19: estimation based on a virtual case

GV Arruda, RRS Weber, AC Bruno… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Recently, low dose radiotherapy delivered to the whole lung has been
proposed as treatment for the pneumonia due to COVID-19. Although there is biological …

Low radiation dose to treat pneumonia and other inflammations

MT Chew, E Daar, MU Khandaker… - The British Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Infection, the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms and viruses, causes reactive
inflammation mediated by endogenous signals, with influx of leucocytes with distinct …