[The radiation reaction of the lung following the treatment of breast carcinoma with telecesium--the correlation with the dose-time relationship]

Abstract

51 mamma carcinoma patients underwent postoperative telecaesium irradiation (50 Gy). Chest radiograms were taken preceding the treatment and following it by eight to ten weeks. By reason of the results it can be supposed, that the unavoidable lung reaction due to radiotherapy can be decreased and partly avoided by adequate fractionation.