Table 2.

Spirometry Findings

	Before initiation of chemotherapy	At the time dyspnea occurred	2 Weeks of corticosteroid treatment	1 Month of corticosteroid treatment	3 Months of corticosteroid treatment	End of treatment
FVC (L)	4.48	2.41	2.39	2.47	3.16	4.45
FEV1 (L)	3.77	2.30	2.29	2.33	2.73	3.89
FEV1/FVC	83	92	90	89	83	84
MEF25-75 (L)	4.09	7.60	4.04	3.83	3.22	4.07

FEV1, forced expiratory volume at the end of the 1st second; FVC, forced vital capacity; MEF, maximal (mid-) expiratory flow.