Prospective trial of combined hyperfractionated radiotherapy and bronchial arterial infusion of chemotherapy for locally advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer.
OBJECTIVE
This article is a prospective trial of hyperfractional radiotherapy with bronchial arterial infusion of anticancer drugs to treat locally advanced bronchogenic cancer. The treatment results, the complications of bronchial arterial infusion, the failure patterns, the relationship of technical aspects of delivery of radiotherapy, and the protocol of anticancer drugs are presented.


METHODS
One hundred and twenty-six patients with locally advanced bronchogenic cancer, treated from January 1988 to January 1990, were divided randomly into four groups in our hospital. Group 1: combination of hyperfractional radiotherapy with bronchial arterial infusion of anticancer drugs (30 cases); Group 2: combination of conventional radiotherapy with bronchial arterial infusion of anticancer (33 cases); Group 3: combination of systemic chemotherapy and split-course radiotherapy (33 cases); Group 4: conventional radiotherapy only (30 cases).


RESULTS
All the patients were followed for 3 years. The 1-year survival rates for Groups 1, 2, 3, and 4 are 80, 63.6, 48.5, and 30%, respectively. The 2-year survival rates for Groups 1, 2, 3, and 4 are 23.3, 15.15, 9.1, and 6.6%, respectively. The 3-year survival rates for Groups 1, 2, 3, and 4 are 10, 3.3, 0, and 0%, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
This study demonstrated that the combination of hyperfractional radiotherapy with bronchial arterial infusion anticancer drugs can be performed safely and effectively for locally advanced bronchogenic carcinoma.
Wang
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Department of Radiotherapy, East China Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Song
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Xu
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Fang
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001981:Bronchial Arteries; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D016019:Survival Analysis
D008937:Mitomycins; D005047:Etoposide; D004317:Doxorubicin; D002945:Cisplatin