[Results of programmed radiotherapy in patients with inoperable lung cancer]

Six schemes for therapy of patients with inoperable lung cancer have been developed, used in the treatment of more than 300 patients. Static irradiation of irregularly-shaped fields was carried out involving into primary irradiation volume the primary focus and all sites of regional metastases. The irradiation was fractionated; total focal dose (true or equivalent) absorbed from such fields was 50 Gy. Local focal dose was up to 60-70 Gy. The total exposure was realized as a total radiation exposure or polychemotherapy. A 60% one-year and 15% three-year survival was attained in treatment of patients with epidermoid differentiated cancer (scheme No. 1), this indicating the adeguacy of the chosen method for the treatment of this patient population. Strict adherence to indications for such therapy when selecting patients for the treatment helped attain a positive effect in 90% of patients.