METHOD FOR THERMOCHEMORADIATION TREATMENT OF RECTAL CANCER Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC A61N5/10 A61K31/505 

FIELD: medicine, oncology, radiology.

SUBSTANCE: the suggested thermochemoradiation treatment should be fulfilled in three stages at intervals between each of them being 10-14 d: during the 1^st stage it is necessary to carry out distance gamma-therapy daily at fractionating the dosage during 1-3 d per 4 Gy, then during 4-22 d per 2 Gy up to TFD being 50 isoGy, radiosensitization with 5-fluorouracil daily at the dosage of 125 mg intravenously at flow-type technique 30 min before the séance of radiation treatment and local thermotherapy with transrectal sensor once/2 d, every other day, just before gamma-therapy; during the 2^nd stage it is necessary to conduct radiosensitization and local thermotherapy similarly, as it was during the first stage, as for irradiation it should be carried out as intracavitary gamma-therapy daily per 3 Gy up to TFD being 18-24 Gy; during the 3d stage one should fulfill radiosensitization with fluorouracil as during the first and second stages and carry out distance gamma-therapy daily per 2 Gy so that TFD from all three stages should achieve 74 isoGy.

EFFECT: higher efficiency of therapy.

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