[Radiation therapy of patients with inoperable cancer of the pancreas]

Vopr Onkol. 1976;22(5):19-24.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Radiotherapy was employed in 60 patients, symptomatic treatment--in 10 patients with pancreatic cancer, 9 of them had the disease in stage III. Radiotherapy, using betatron 25 Mev, was conducted by a longitudinal method, distant gammatherapy--through a wolfram and the radiation source focused grid. Single focal dosage was 150--200 rad, total--5000--8000 rad. The treatment proved to be uneffective in 31.7 per cent of patients.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / radiotherapy
  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / radiotherapy
  • Adenoma, Islet Cell / radiotherapy
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Carcinoma / radiotherapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Sarcoma / radiotherapy