Tracheal necrosis after sandwich immunotherapy and stereotactic body radiotherapy for lung cancer

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S M Bennji
B Jayakrishnan
Z Al- Hashami
L Mula-Hussain
R B Telugu

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Bennji SM, Jayakrishnan B, Al- Hashami Z, Mula-Hussain L, Telugu RB. Tracheal necrosis after sandwich immunotherapy and stereotactic body radiotherapy for lung cancer. Afr J Thoracic Crit Care Med [Internet]. 2024 Jul. 4 [cited 2025 Apr. 23];30(2):e1620. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/ajtccm/article/view/1620
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S M Bennji, Thoracic Oncology, Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre, Muscat, Oman

MBChB, MMed (Int), FCP (SA), Cert Pulm (SA), MPhil (Pulm)

B Jayakrishnan, Thoracic Oncology, Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre, Muscat, Oman

BSc, MBBS, MD, DTCD, DNB, MRCP (UK), FRCP, FCCP, FICS;

Z Al- Hashami, Thoracic Oncology, Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre, Muscat, Oman

MD, FRCP

L Mula-Hussain, Radiation Oncology, Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre, Muscat, Oman

MB ChB, MSc, EF, FRCP Edin

R B Telugu, Onco-Pathology, Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre, Muscat, Oman

MD

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Bennji SM, Jayakrishnan B, Al- Hashami Z, Mula-Hussain L, Telugu RB. Tracheal necrosis after sandwich immunotherapy and stereotactic body radiotherapy for lung cancer. Afr J Thoracic Crit Care Med [Internet]. 2024 Jul. 4 [cited 2025 Apr. 23];30(2):e1620. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/ajtccm/article/view/1620

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