[Radiotherapy of localized inoperable bronchial squamous cell carcinoma (author's transl)]

Authors have shown that in some favorable cases radiotherapy of localized bronchial carcinoma could give very good results. The study on the cases from 1960 to 1969 shows that authors have 8% of three years survival upon 105 patients who have been treated by 50 Grays or more in 5 weeks. The survival was better for the small cancers T2 than for the large ones. The study on the cases from 1970 to 1977 shows that to obtain 101 cases of squamous cell carcinoma (T2,4 -N0,2 -M0) authors were obliged to study 564 cases. The three years survival was 3,1% for carcinoma receiving more than 40 Grays/4 weeks. The survival is better for small cancer and for the cases without radiological mediastinal nodes. In conclusion, radiotherapy is the best treatment after surgery, limited disease can be cure, and iterative radiotherapy increases our results.