Extending the limits of lung cancer resection
| Autor: | Lloyd P. Johnson, Lucius D. Hill, Ralph W. Aye, Timothy P. Mate, Howard N. Anderson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Lung Neoplasms medicine.medical_treatment Brachytherapy Chondrosarcoma Disease Resection Iodine Radioisotopes Intraoperative Period medicine Combined Modality Therapy Humans Lung cancer Postoperative Care business.industry Respiratory disease Radiotherapy Dosage General Medicine medicine.disease Iridium Radioisotopes Surgery Radiation therapy Carcinoma Bronchogenic Neoplasm Recurrence Local business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | American journal of surgery. 165(5) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9610 |
| Popis: | Patients with locally advanced bronchogenic carcinoma are often considered to have unresectable disease because of invasion into vital structures, or they undergo resection with questionable or involved margins, which results in local recurrence later. Brachytherapy (direct application of radioactive sources to the tumor bed) offers the potential to provide tumoricidal doses of radiation to the target area with minimal toxicity to surrounding structures. In this study, one of two different techniques of brachytherapy was utilized to treat 15 highly selected patients with histologically positive (n = 8) or suspicious (n = 7) margins after resection. The techniques were easy to apply and were not associated with any complications directly related to their use. One postoperative death resulted from a perforated peptic ulcer. In the remaining 14 patients, at a mean follow-up of 38 months, local control was complete in 12 (86%) patients, and 8 patients are alive, with 7 free of disease. Thoracic brachytherapy may offer the potential for cure to patients whose disease would otherwise be considered inoperable. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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