[Combined chemo-radiotherapy of small-cell cancer of the lung]

The authors report the results of the combined treatment of 32 patients with small-cell cancer of the lung by irradiation in a dose of 5000 rad and chemotherapy: cyclophosphan, methotrexate, nitrosoethylurea. An immediate objective improvement was noted in 90 per cent of the patients, an average survival being 10 months, while without the treatment the survival was no longer than 5 months.