Total body irradiation in oat cell carcinoma of the bronchus.
Total body irradiation (TBI) as a systemic therapy has been used in controlling subclinical metastases in oat cell carcinoma of the bronchus (limited disease). Preliminary results suggest that a delay occurs in the development of brain metastases as not a single patient developed this in this series. As eventually almost all patients developed distant metastases, further maintenance chemotherapy is recommended.
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008722:Methods; D010865:Pilot Projects