[The efficacy of treatment using expanded programs of megavolt irradiation and polychemotherapy in patients with lymphogranulomatosis in stages I, II and IIIA].

The authors relate the results of multimodality treatment of 90 patients with stages I-IIIA lymphogranulomatosis. The total survival amounted to 86.4 +/- 3.8% within the time exceeding 7 years. The efficacy of the treatment of patients with lymphogranulomatosis of different stages by using multi-beam and broad-beam radiation is under comparison. The data obtained indicate that total radiation of lymph nodes in patients with stage II lymphogranulomatosis is not advisable.