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

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Cavitation/necrosis of lung tumor or metastases

Publications

Song J, Yu J, Ma Z, Lu S

Rare occurrence of cavitation of lung metastases following effective targeted therapy: A case report.

Oncology letters 2016 Feb;11;1589-1591 — 2016 Feb — 1589-1591

Souza FF, Smith A, Araujo C, Jagannathan J, Johnston C, O'Regan K, Shinagare A, Ramaiya N

New targeted molecular therapies for cancer: radiological response in intrathoracic malignancies and cardiopulmonary toxicity: what the radiologist needs to know.

Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society 2014 Jul 23;14;26 — 2014 Jul 23 — 26