Jun 28, 2008

Peritoneal mesothelioma radiotherapy

Radiotherapy

PMM less sensitive to radiation therapy, radiation effect as pleural mesothelioma. But the operation has not been fully removed lesions or not surgery, radiotherapy is not
An important therapy for the missing. Methods include irradiation, and (or) irradiation. Selection of the 60 Co irradiation general or 186 KV X line as the radioactive sources, depending on disease
Changed the whole scope of choice or partial abdominal irradiation. Cancer Hospital on medical patients to the whole abdominal irradiation, six to seven weeks of radiation dose of 24 gray (Gy), results
Local recurrence rate fell to 11.4 percent, three-year survival rate increased to 66.7 percent. Radiation can cause radioactive enteritis, radiation and radioactive myelitis, such as hepatitis.
Intraperitoneal injection of radionuclide such as 32 P or 198 Au, through the radiation, so that mesothelioma organizations and small vessels sclerosis, and ascites in the free anti-tumor cells,
To ease short-term illness. However, this method takes a certain equipment, and costly, and can inhibit the bone marrow, is now using less.

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