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[Radiotherapy of ectopic ACTH syndrome]
1Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing.
Abstract:
From 1984 to 1990, 6 patients with histologically and hormone assay proved ectopic ACTH syndrome were treated. All these lesions occurred in the chest: 4 thymic carcinoids and the other 2 bronchial carcinoids. The patients all had Cushing's syndrome. Treatment consisted of operation plus radiotherapy. The results showed four completely relieved, one improved and is alive with tumor for 4 years and the other relieved for 2 years and 8 months, then died of local recurrence. The indications, dose and method of radiotherapy are discussed.
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