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KMID : 0383819850320020065
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
1985 Volume.32 No. 2 p.65 ~ p.69
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The Role of Radiotherapy in Lung Cancer
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서현숙/Hyun Suk Suh
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Abstract
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Carcinoma of the lung has continuously increased in incidence in men during the past
few decades. For stage Ⅰ or Ⅱ cases of inoperability that results from medical
contraindications and for stage Ⅲ non-small cell lung cancer that is limited to one
hemithorax, radiotherapy is the proper choice of treatment.
With present methods of treatment for carcinoma of the lung, only 10% of the
patients survives average 5 years. To improve the survival of patients of the lung
cancer, radiotherapy combined with surgery, chemotherapy and immunotherapy is tried.
Also the other forms of therapy including irradiation with accelerated particles,
hyperthermia and radiosensitizer are intensely investigated.
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