Clinical Medicine of China 1999;0(02):-

Percutanenous intrapulmonary injection of IL-2 plus radiotherapy for luug cancer

Hong GE ; Yue JIANG ; Mei SANG

Keywords

IL-2 Radiotherapy Lung cancer

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the effects of percutanenous intrapulmonary injecti0n 0f IL-2 plus radiotherapy for lung cancer. Methods Twenty-two patients with inoperable non small cell lung cancer received percutanenous intrapulmonary injection of 100U ? 6 in 6 weeks; and radiation dose was 60 Gy/6wks. Results The total effective response rate (CR+PR) was 95. 4 % with the complete response rate (CR) of 40. 9 %. Couclusion Percutanenous intrapulmomary injection of IL-2 plus radiotherapy could improve the control rate of the patients with lung cancer.