Combination of interventional pulmonology techniques (Nd:YAG laser resection and brachytherapy) with external beam radiotherapy in the treatment of lung cancer patients with Karnofsky Index ≤ 50

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 447-456

  Čanak, Vukasin ^a   Zaric B ^a   Milovancev A ^a   Jovanovic S ^a   Budisin E ^a   Sarcev T ^a   Lalic N ^a   Nisevic V ^a   Balaban, G ^b  

^a Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Lung cancer; Nd:YAG laser resection; Palliation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHOSCOPE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YAG LASER; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BRONCHUS TUMOR; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONOLOGY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRACHEA TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LASER SURGERY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE (SPECIALTY); SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS;

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