Onkológia 3/2006
CURRENT TRENDS OF THE EXTERNAL RADIOTHERAPY IN TREATMENT OF NON SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER
Non-small cell lung cancer belongs to the most frequent malign cancer on the world. Local and loco - regional methods of therapy are for this form of cancer highly important. Dominant position has radiation therapy, which is treating 60 % of all patients. Author provides an overview about the conventional and nonconventional sources of radiation, mainly about linear accelerator, which is used in therapy of NSCLC. This article offers basic information about conventional radiotherapy; it evaluates the fractional modes and doses used for curative and palliative radiation therapy.
Keywords: non-small cell lung cancer, sources of radiation, conventional radiation therapy, fractional modes.
