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dc.contributor.authorBurt, Paul A
dc.contributor.authorO'Driscoll, B R
dc.contributor.authorNotley, H Maeve
dc.contributor.authorBarber, Philip V
dc.contributor.authorStout, Ronald
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-17T17:29:52Z
dc.date.available2010-08-17T17:29:52Z
dc.date.issued1990-10
dc.identifier.citationIntraluminal irradiation for the palliation of lung cancer with the high dose rate micro-Selectron. 1990, 45 (10):765-8 Thoraxen
dc.identifier.issn0040-6376
dc.identifier.pmid1701061
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thx.45.10.765
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10541/109749
dc.description.abstractFifty patients with inoperable, symptomatic endobronchial carcinoma were treated by a single exposure of intraluminal radiotherapy. A high dose rate afterloading system (the micro-Selectron-HDR) was used to minimise radiation exposure for staff. Haemoptysis was relieved in 24 of 28 patients, breathlessness in 21 of 33 patients, and cough in nine of 18 patients. Radiological collapse resolved in 11 of 24 patients. Treatment was given on an outpatient basis and was well tolerated. Intraluminal radiotherapy appears to offer an effective alternative to conventional fractionated external beam radiotherapy.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectLung Canceren
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshAged
dc.subject.meshAged, 80 and over
dc.subject.meshBrachytherapy
dc.subject.meshCough
dc.subject.meshDyspnea
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHemoptysis
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshLung Neoplasms
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMiddle Aged
dc.subject.meshPalliative Care
dc.subject.meshPilot Projects
dc.subject.meshPulmonary Atelectasis
dc.subject.meshRadiotherapy Dosage
dc.titleIntraluminal irradiation for the palliation of lung cancer with the high dose rate micro-Selectron.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Radiotherapy, Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester.en
dc.identifier.journalThoraxen
html.description.abstractFifty patients with inoperable, symptomatic endobronchial carcinoma were treated by a single exposure of intraluminal radiotherapy. A high dose rate afterloading system (the micro-Selectron-HDR) was used to minimise radiation exposure for staff. Haemoptysis was relieved in 24 of 28 patients, breathlessness in 21 of 33 patients, and cough in nine of 18 patients. Radiological collapse resolved in 11 of 24 patients. Treatment was given on an outpatient basis and was well tolerated. Intraluminal radiotherapy appears to offer an effective alternative to conventional fractionated external beam radiotherapy.


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