Late toxicity for oncological treatment in a senior adult

Abstract

Cancer is an age-related disease that is frequently treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, both of which can have important adverse effects at the pulmonary level. The purpose of this report is the disclosure of a case of a patient with a history of cancer that received chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment, and subsequently presented a toxicity or late adverse effect at the pulmonary level, manifesting in the form of a diffuse interstitial lung disease. It is a case study, descriptive, where the instruments used were the clinical history, laboratories, and studies by image. It is concluded that the pulmonary toxicity induced by the oncological treatment constitutes a poorly known and poorly defined clinical entity, and its frequency increases with age, it is necessary to follow the oncological patient who receive or received treatment with chemotherapy and radiotherapy to limit the damage caused by this cause.