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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
43
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-1-25
pubmed:abstractText
In a joint retrospective study by 17 radiotherapy clinics in German-speaking countries the results of treatment of bronchial carcinoma after radiotherapy were analysed in 7503 cases. The age peak was between the 60th and 70th year. Squamous-cell carcinoma was the most frequent histological type, followed by anaplastic carcinoma, with adenocarcinoma being rare. There was a high proportion of histologically not clearly identified cases (27% in central and 35% in peripheral carcinomas). Survival rate at one year was 31% for central (3662 patients) and peripheral (961 patients) tumours, but only 2% at five years. Prognostically there was no difference between histological types and kind of radiotherapy or technique, but total dose affected survival rate. At a total dose of less than 5000 rd the survival rate at five years was minimal. The prognosis of combined surgical and radiotherapeutic measures was slightly better than with a radiotherapy alone, but results were unpredictable for the individual case. It is concluded that radiotherapy aiming at cure should be used in imoperable bronchial carcinoma if the tumour state and general condition of the patient appear to make a cure possible. But if this is not the case, radiotherapy should be used only palliatively, i.e. only to ameliorate symptoms.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0012-0472
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:BünemannHH, pubmed-author:BeckerGG, pubmed-author:BirknerRR, pubmed-author:BohndorfWW, pubmed-author:BucheltLL, pubmed-author:CastrupWW, pubmed-author:DoppelfeldEE, pubmed-author:EibachEE, pubmed-author:FernholzH JHJ, pubmed-author:Gordon-HarrisLL, pubmed-author:GrundWW, pubmed-author:HacklAA, pubmed-author:HassensteinEE, pubmed-author:HeilmannH PHP, pubmed-author:HeinzeH GHG, pubmed-author:HessFF, pubmed-author:HorstmannWW, pubmed-author:JentschFF, pubmed-author:KoopE AEA, pubmed-author:KraftWW, pubmed-author:KuttigHH, pubmed-author:MüllerAA, pubmed-author:NüseAA, pubmed-author:QuäckJJ, pubmed-author:ReyGG, pubmed-author:SagerW DWD, pubmed-author:SchindlerGG, pubmed-author:SchlickerHH, pubmed-author:SchmidtNN, pubmed-author:VossA CAC, pubmed-author:WannenmacherMM, pubmed-author:WielandCC, pubmed-author:von LievenHH
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
101
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1557-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
[Results of radiotherapy of bronchial carcinoma (author's transl)].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract