Abstract

To estimate the efficacy of various regimens of radiotherapy, the results of the treatment of 39 renal cancer patients with tumor thrombus in vena cava inferior, without distant and regional metastases and without tumor invasion of adjacent organs were studied. All the patients were administered radical surgery. The 5-year survival rate in 14 patients who received only surgical treatment (control arm) amounted to 26.92 ± 12.0%. In 14 patients administered preoperative large fraction radiotherapy (single dose 7 Gy to total target dose of 14 Gy), the five-year survival was 63.46 + 13.5% (P

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