[Collaborative report on "Therapy of bronchial carcinoma from the radiotherapist's viewpoint"]

The paper refers to the radiotherapy treatment of patients with operated or non-operable bronchial carcinoma. The operated group includes patients with pneumonectomy and lobectomy with histological positive lymphnodes in hilum and/or mediastinum. These patients all had a curative radiotherapy with a 50 Gy radiation dose on mediastinum, hilum and the supraclavicular area. According to literature these patients show a 25-50% 5 year survival rate, depending on extent of the tumor infiltration. The inoperable cases, especially those with atelectasis dyspnoe etc. were treated with palliation radiotherapy as to improve the quality of life. The oatcell-carcinoma was treated corresponding to the method referred by Seeber as a combined radio-chemotherapy.