Abstract:

All cases of bronchogenic carcinoma treated with curative intent over an eight-year period were reviewed. Most were treated with 12 X 400 rad in 32 days using 60Co, a schedule designed to optimize the radiation-sensitizing properties of hyperbaric oxygen. While O2 gave no obvious benefit, overall four-year survival was 10.6% and that of patients with good prognostic indicators was 18%. No radiation myelitis was observed. This protocol delivers an adequate tumor dose and appears to be tolerated well by most patients.

Sause, Sweeney, Plenk, Thomson, , , , , (1981). Radiotherapy of bronchogenic carcinoma. Analysis of a treatment schedule designed for use with hyperbaric oxygen. Radiology, 1981 Jul;140(1):209-12. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7244227