[Complications of intraoperative radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with lung cancer].

A high single dose of radiation can be delivered precisely to tumor or regional metastasis area by means of intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT). A program of combined treatment including radical IORT, postoperative distant gamma-therapy and adjuvant polychemotherapy with cisplatin and etoposide has been developed at the Center. Treatment was given to 43 patients with stage III lung cancer.

[Intraoperative radiotherapy during plastic surgery for lung cancer].

The results of 28 bronchoplastic operations for non-small cell lung cancer and 3-8 year follow-up have been evaluated. Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) (10 Gy) was conducted in 6 patients. IORT was used as a component of combined treatment with good results and without postoperative complications.

[The intraoperative irradiation of tumors].

Intraoperative irradiation of tumor was performed in 40 patients with cancer of the lung, stomach, breast, bone and soft tissues. It included irradiation of the bed of tumor removed. Fast electron beam was produced by a small betatron (collimator size--5 x 6 cm and 8 x 12 cm) installed in the operating room.