[Evaluation of the results of radiotherapy of non-small cell lung cancer by the method of high fractionated doses with planned intervals].
The number of new cases of cancer of the lung in Poland increases systematically in connection prevalence of the tobacco smoking and increase of the natural environment pollution. However the percentage of patients qualified for radical surgical treatment is not increasing since the diagnosis of pulmonary cancer is extremely late. Such situation causes a dynamically increasing demand for palliative treatment. Radiotherapy is a method of choice for such treatment. In order to provide the treatment for possibly large group of patients in the situation of restricted availability of adequate therapeutic equipment it is necessary to propose such method of radiotherapy as fulfils the requirement of palliative therapy, with short period of hospitalization, not overburdening the therapeutic equipment. The method of irradiation with high fractionated doses and planned interval in shortened time is a method fulfilling those demands applied in the Radiotherapy Clinic of the Oncology Center in Warsaw. Results of treatment in our Clinic and in other centers are at least comparable with other radiotherapeutic programmes, and the method is worth recommendation.
Kliniki Radioterapii Centrum Onkologii, Instytutu im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie, w Warszawie.
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D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors
D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes
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