The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website and App
Frequency - Incidence
Incidence of respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases
Evidence level/grade
Evidence level for respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as estimated using Hill’s (1965), Naranjo’s (1981), and Bégaud’s (1985) criteria applied to published cases. Blue digits in stars indicate: 0 = Questionable · 1 = Low · 2 = Moderate · 3 = Robust · 4 = Definite · 5 = Unquestionable, pathognomonic
Malignant pleural mesothelioma
Publications
De Bruin ML, Burgers JA, Baas P, van 't Veer MB, Noordijk EM, Louwman MW, Zijlstra JM, van den Berg H, Aleman BM, van Leeuwen FE
Malignant mesothelioma after radiation treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma.
Blood. 2009;113(16):3679-81
Malignant mesothelioma following thoracic radiotherapy for lung cancer.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2007;57(3):410-3