POSTOPERATIVE IRRADIATION FOR PRIMARY LUNG CANCER

Twenty-eight patients were postoperatively irradiated for lung cancer between 1971 and 1984. Four patients underwent curative or relatively curative resections, nine relatively non-curative resections, six absolutely non-curative resections, and seven exploratory thoracotomies. The cumulative five-y...

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Published inKita Kantō igaku (The Kitakanto Medical Journal) Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 335 - 339
Main Authors MITOMO, OSAMU, NAKAJIMA, NOBUAKI, HAYAKAWA, KAZUSHIGE, SAITOU, YOSHIHIRO, NAKAYAMA, YUUKO, NIIBE, HIDEO
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Kitakanto Medical Society 1989
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Lung cancer
Postoperative radiation
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Summary:Twenty-eight patients were postoperatively irradiated for lung cancer between 1971 and 1984. Four patients underwent curative or relatively curative resections, nine relatively non-curative resections, six absolutely non-curative resections, and seven exploratory thoracotomies. The cumulative five-year survival rate was 31%. Long-term survival, i.e., over five years was obtained in eight patients, of whom had underwent were three relatively curative resections, three relatively non-curative resections, one absolutely non-curative resection and one exploratory thoracotomy. Radiotherapy has sufficiently locally effective for lung cancers in which the surgical treatment could not be performed effectively. Postoperative radiotherapy is considered one of the most significant combined therapies in the local control of lung cancer.
ISSN:0023-1908
1883-6135
DOI:10.2974/kmj1951.39.335