title: Chronic toxicity risk after radiotherapy for patients with systemic sclerosis (systemic scleroderma) or systemic lupus erythematosus: association with connective tissue disorder severity.
abstract: No method reliably identifies which patients with connective tissue disorders are at greatest risk of radiotherapy-related complications. Building on our prior experience, we postulated that disease severity, as measured by the number of organ systems involved, may predict chronic radiation toxicity risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Douglas G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Melva E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Pinn
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Osborn
authors.forename: Ivy A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012306:Risk; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index