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Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Intratumoral Injection of Cisplatin for the Treatment of Isolated Mediastinal Recurrence of Lung Cancer
Published on: February 12, 2017
[Results in 42 non-resectable NSCLC IIA-B patients with initial concurrent Taxotere-Cisplatin chemoradiotherapy]
Mária Szilasi1, Akos Horváth, Tamás Dolinay
1Tüdôgyógyászati Klinika, DE OEC, Debrecen, 4012, Hungary. mszilasi@jaguar.unideb.hu
Goals:
A prospective multicenter study to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with inductive chemoradiotherapy for improving chances of operability. If used as first-line therapy, combined treatment improves survival and it is well tolerated with a low rate of side effects.
Patients:
42 patients with stage IIIA-B NSCLC from which 36 could be followed.
Methods:
A full dose Taxotere-Cisplatin chemotherapy was given to patients with concurrent radiotherapy in 2 Gy fractions up to 60 Gy via conformal irradiation.
Results:
Local response was very high and 40.47% of patients became operable while in inoperable cases consolidation chemotherapy showed similar results as other protocols. We also found a low rate of side effects. The high rate of brain metastasis suggests that prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) should be considered.
