32/Brachytherapy HDR in interoperative breast cancer treatment

✍ Scribed by J. Hammer; M. Jurczyk; S. Sajdak; P. Jankowski; M. Pisarska

• Publisher: Wielkopolskie Centrum Onkologii
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: Polish
• Weight: 101 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1507-1367
• DOI: 10.1016/s1507-1367(04)70888-3

✦ Synopsis

Wystąpienia plakatowe

More detailed analysis of impravements in symptoms has been carried out according to own scoring system for dyspnoea, cough and haemoptysis. Mean duration of palliative response was 55 days (1-405). Mean survival time was 114 days (2-406). Conclusion: E-HOR-BT is an effective method of palliation of symptoms related to bronchial obturation in course of lung cancer. The most frequent serious treatment complication of E-HOR-BTwas massive haemoptysis.