Materials and methods to improve lung function and for the prevention and / or treatment of radiation-induced lung complications

摘要

Therapeutic composition comprising one or more free amino acids selected from lysine, glycine, threonine, valine, tyrosine, aspartic acid, isoleucine, tryptophan, asparagine and serine; and optionally, carriers, electrolytes, buffering agents and therapeutically acceptable flavoring agents for use in a method of prevention and / or treatment of a radiation-induced pulmonary complication, in which the method comprises administering, to a subject receiving radiation in a chest area at a dose that can cause lung injury, an effective amount of said composition.