New radiotherapy for lung cancer patients

A new study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (AMA), shows that beaming of radiation beams correctly into tumors can help control the growth of blocks. u, and help people with lung cancer who cannot operate longer.

The study, conducted by Dr. Robert Timmerman and colleagues at the University of Texas, suggests that intense radiation therapy may increase control effectiveness for root tumors compared to conventional radiotherapy in Previous research.

The results of this study can create important steps in the fight against lung cancer.

Dr Timmerman said that controlling the original tumor is an important requirement for the treatment of lung cancer. Patients with early lung cancer are often treated with conventional radiation therapy or no treatment.

This causes cancer to grow rapidly and kill about 60% of patients within two years.

In their study, US scientists studied 55 patients with large lung tumors whose medical conditions did not allow surgery. Radiation therapy is used for about 1.5 to 2 weeks.

After three years of treatment, 48.3% of these patients escaped lung cancer and more than half, about 55.8%, of these patients lived for three years. Overall, about 20% of patients die of lung cancer.

The results also show that although intense radiotherapy may help control tumors in the lungs, about 22% of patients still have tumors that spread to other parts of the body.

However, according to Dr. Timmerman, this radiotherapy can provide a new solution with better results in treating patients with early-stage lung cancer that cannot be operated.

Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of death from cancer worldwide. Currently, there are three ways to treat this disease: surgery to remove cancer; Use drugs to kill cancer cells (chemotherapy), and high-dose X-rays kill cancer cells (radiation therapy).