Treatment of primary liver cancer with preoperative radiotherapy and postoperative brachy radiotherapy / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effect of preoperative radiotherapy and postoperative brachy radiotherapy (POBRT) on patients with primary liver cancer(PLC). Methods 50 patients with PLC were randomly divided into 2 groups:(1)Radiotherapy group, 25 patients who underwent preoperative radiotherapy 14～17 days before hepatectomy and POBRT 3～10 days after hepatectomy ;(2)Control group,25 cases who underwent hepatectomy only. In radiotherapy group, before heptectomy, the single-dose 6Gy per time and 3 sessions were given to each patient. 3～6 ductus were placed for POBRT during operation,and 10Gy of POBRT per time and 2～4 sessions were given postoperatively. In control group,no radio cherapy was given before and after hepatectomy. Results In radiotherapy group, the cancer shrank significantly after preoperative radiotherapy (P