Fijuth Jacek
Department of Radiation Therapy, Nicolaus Copernicus Memorial Hospital, Oncology Chair, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.
J Contemp Brachytherapy. 2009 Dec;1(4):231-236. Epub 2010 Jan 13.
In patients with advanced or metastatic lung cancer who present predominantly with dyspnoea and haemoptysis the use of HDR brachytherapy has been proven an effective method of palliation. The application of brachytherapy as a boost to EBRT in curative cases is much more restricted. It can be considered in a selected group of patients with dominating endobronchial disease, who are medically inoperable, or have small or occult carcinomas of the lung.
对于以呼吸困难和咯血为主的晚期或转移性肺癌患者,高剂量率近距离放射治疗已被证明是一种有效的姑息治疗方法。在根治性病例中,将近距离放射治疗作为外照射放疗的补充应用则受到更多限制。对于一组选定的、以支气管内病变为主、因医学原因无法手术或患有小肺癌或隐匿性肺癌的患者,可以考虑使用这种方法。