Thoracic radiotherapy for mediastinal nodal recurrence.
Radiotherapy has been used to treat loco-regional recurrences located at various intra-thoracic sites, but long-term survival of these patients has been rarely observed. We report herein a lung adenocarcinoma patient with locoregional recurrence, who was successfully treated with high-dose radiotherapy. The patient could survive with no evidence of recurrence 5 years after thoracic irradiation. It is probably safe to administrate high-dose radiotherapy for some loco-regional recurrent patients with favorable prognostic factors such as good PS, no body weight loss. Further studies will be required to define a favorable subset of patients most likely to benefit from an aggressive approach.
Kagohashi
Katsunori
K
Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Institute of Clinical Medicine Tsubaka-city, Japan.
Nakayama
Hidetsugu
H
Kagei
Kenji
K
Kurishima
Koichi
K
Ishikawa
Hiroichi
H
Satoh
Hiroaki
H
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage