[Treatment of patients with retroperitoneal non-organ tumors]

The authors had 170 patients with retroperitoneal nonorganic tumors under observation. Operations were conducted on 143 patients. Patients with malignant tumors received intensive radiotherapy in a dose of 5Gr every other day to a total dose of 20-30 Gr. A course of telegammatherapy was applied in 17 patients in the preoperative period; in 22 patients the seat of the removed tumor was treated by telegammatherapy after radical operation. In 25 patients telegammatherapy was conducted as an independent method of treatment in inoperable cases and after exploratory laparotomy. Operative treatment of patients with benign tumors produced the best late-term results. Among patients treated for malignant new growths the late-term results were best when the seat of the removed tumor was exposed to intensive radiotherapy.