[The value of radiotherapy in the treatment of Pancoast tumor of the lung].
In a retrospective study 48 patients with sulcus-superior-tumors were treated between 1982 and 1992. The patients were divided into three treatment groups. Group I (n = 6) received palliative irradiation because of distant metastasis. Group II (n = 22) was treated with irradiation alone and group III (n = 20) received preoperative radiation therapy, 15 patients out of this group received a postoperative radiotherapy. The median doses were 56 Gy (group II) and 58.25 Gy (group III). Only in the combined treated group long-term survivors were found (18% five-year-survival). Our results show a benefit for the combined treated patients on a low significant level. For the interpretation of the results it has to be taken into account, that there was a "selection bias" for the combined treated group.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D010178:Pancoast Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies