[Endoscopic laser recanalization in the chemo- and radiotherapy of stenosing cancer of the esophagus].

The authors analyze the results of endoscopic laser recanalization in 11 patients with stenosing esophageal carcinoma, whose mean age is 61 years. The tumor was located in the upper thoracic portion of the esophagus in 3 patients, in the middle thoracic portion in 6, and in the lower thoracic portion in 2 patients. The diagnosis of carcinoma was morphologically verified.

[Postradiation pericarditis in lymphogranulomatosis patients].

Postradiation pericarditis was diagnosed in 11 of 52 patients treated for lymphogranulomatosis with radiation applied to enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes. The risk of postradiation pericarditis is greater in cases of high radiation doses (more than 45 Gy) and in patients with postradiation pneumonitis. Postradiation pericarditis can develop both during the exposure and long after radiation therapy; therefore long-term follow-up is required for these patients.

[Recurrences of lymphogranulomatosis after radical radiotherapy and their treatment].

Radical radiation therapy provided complete remissions in 152 out of 166 patients with Hodgkin's disease, stages I-II-IIIs. During 3 to 17 years of observation, the relapses occurred in 67 patients (44%). A half of all the relapses were recorded during the first year of remission.