Amifostine delays onset of acute esophagitis for small cell lung cancer patients

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Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc., a U.S. specialty pharmaceutical company and Clinigen Group, the global pharmaceutical and services company, announce a new publication in Lung Cancer: Targets and Therapy of a contemporary retrospective series showing that subcutaneous amifostine administered before radiotherapy postponed the onset of acute esophagitis in stage III small cell lung cancer patients treated with concomitant doublet chemotherapy and hyperfractionated radiotherapy.

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