[Combination treatment of small cell bronchial carcinoma]

35 cases with micro-cellular bronchial carcinoma are described. The patients are treated with a combination of a modified ACO scheme and fractionated irradiations with 50 to 60 Gy to the primary tumor and 30 Gy to the encephalic skull. Among 14 patients with local disease, ten had a complete remission and three a partial remission. Among 21 patients with advanced disease, six had a complete remission and eight a partial remission. The side effects were not important, and they were not reinforced by the higher dose of the primary irradiation. The local recurrence rate was decreased, but the average survival times were not prolonged, because these are still dependent upon the hematogenic formation of metastases.