FAST-NEUTRON RADIOTHERAPY OF NONSMALL CELL-CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG

  • Authors:
    • T MIYAMOTO
    • T YASUKAWA
    • S SATO
    • K FUKUHISA
    • J MIZOE
    • Y MATZUOKA
    • S MORITA
    • H TSUNEMOTO
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  • Published online on: January 1, 1994     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.4.1.193
  • Pages: 193-199
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Abstract

To determine the efficacy of fast neutron (FN) for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, 112 patients with histologically proven adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma at a limited stage were studied to evaluate local control and survival, after treatment with either FNs or photons alone. The local control rate of adenocarcinoma in FN-treated patients attained 50%, which was significantly higher than that (<10%) of squamous cell carcinoma in FN-treated patients or that of both histological types of carcinoma in patients treated with photons alone. In accordance with this, the 5-year survival rate for the FN-treated patients with adenocarcinoma was significantly higher than that for FN-treated patients with squamous cell carcinoma or that for photon-treated patients with both histological types of disease. The present study clearly suggests the usefulness of FN in the treatment of adenocarcinoma of the lung, though it was a non-randomized trial.

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MIYAMOTO T, YASUKAWA T, SATO S, FUKUHISA K, MIZOE J, MATZUOKA Y, MORITA S and TSUNEMOTO H: FAST-NEUTRON RADIOTHERAPY OF NONSMALL CELL-CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG. Int J Oncol 4: 193-199, 1994
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MIYAMOTO, T., YASUKAWA, T., SATO, S., FUKUHISA, K., MIZOE, J., MATZUOKA, Y. ... TSUNEMOTO, H. (1994). FAST-NEUTRON RADIOTHERAPY OF NONSMALL CELL-CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG. International Journal of Oncology, 4, 193-199. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.4.1.193
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MIYAMOTO, T., YASUKAWA, T., SATO, S., FUKUHISA, K., MIZOE, J., MATZUOKA, Y., MORITA, S., TSUNEMOTO, H."FAST-NEUTRON RADIOTHERAPY OF NONSMALL CELL-CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG". International Journal of Oncology 4.1 (1994): 193-199.
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MIYAMOTO, T., YASUKAWA, T., SATO, S., FUKUHISA, K., MIZOE, J., MATZUOKA, Y., MORITA, S., TSUNEMOTO, H."FAST-NEUTRON RADIOTHERAPY OF NONSMALL CELL-CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG". International Journal of Oncology 4, no. 1 (1994): 193-199. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.4.1.193