[The use of artificial hyperglycemia in the radiotherapy of patients with rectal cancer]

Autor: V M, Krimker, G V, Goldobenko, E L, Ozhiganov, T I, Aĭtakova, Zh D, Diuskaliev
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Voprosy onkologii. 32(10)
ISSN: 0507-3758
Popis: A treatment modality employing radiotherapy with subsequent hyperglycemia induction was evolved in experiments on mice and then clinically tested in 32 cases of inoperable locally--extensive primary and recurrent cancer of the rectum. A 50% regression of tumor was registered in 14 (43.0%) out of 32 patients treated with radiotherapy in combination with hyperglycemia. Similar degree of regression was observed only in 6 (15.0%) out of 40 patients who received the same radiation treatment unaccompanied by hyperglycemia. The difference was statistically significant. No untoward side--effects developed. The results are encouraging and seem to open up new vistas of clinical research.
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