Pancoast tumor: the value of high dose radiation therapy
| Autor: | Abadir R, Morris Rw |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Lung Neoplasms medicine.medical_treatment Adenocarcinoma Pancoast tumor medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Neoplasm Metastasis Low dose radiotherapy Aged Retrospective Studies business.industry Carcinoma Distant metastasis Radiotherapy Dosage High-dose radiation Pulmonary sulcus Middle Aged medicine.disease Prognosis Radiation therapy Evaluation Studies as Topic Supraclavicular nodes Carcinoma Squamous Cell Female Radiology Nuclear medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Radiology. 132(3) |
| ISSN: | 0033-8419 |
| Popis: | Twenty-six patients with superior pulmonary sulcus (Pancoast) tumors were evaluated. Twelve patients were treated with high dose radiotherapy with NSD over 1 900 rets and 10 with NSD less than 1 900 rets. Four patients were treated with combined radiation and surgery. High dose radiotherapy resulted in relief of pain in all patients but apparently did not change survival. Low dose radiotherapy offered relief of pain to only half the patients. Distant metastasis was noted in 30% of patients (15% to brain, 3.8% to liver), rib destruction in 65% and supraclavicular nodes in 19%. Only 4 patients went to surgery and 2 died during operation. We thus conclude that Pancoast tumor is essentially an inoperable disease. |
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