A radiologia no tratamento do câncer de pulmão de pequenas células: uma revisão integrativa da literatura

Abstract

Lung cancer is the malignant neoplasm with the highest mortality rate in the world in men and the second in women, behind only breast cancer. Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) accounts for about 18% of all lung cancers being the most aggressive type. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to observe the competence of radiotherapy in the treatment of SCLC in the stage of limited and extensive disease. METHODOLOGY: The study was carried out through an integrative review of the literature. The data collection was done through research in books, articles and scientific works and official institutions. In the work, as a whole, 55 references were used, however, for the accomplishment of the results and discussion only 10 of these fit. RESULTS: The authors observed the prevalence of the disease, the examinations used in the diagnosis of the disease, the radiotherapy in the treatment of CPPC and the average survival of the patients diagnosed with the disease. DISCUSSION: It was possible to conclude that the authors usually agree with the findings in their research. The use of CT was the most widely used image acquisition method. The mean dose used for radiotherapy was about 50 Gy and the median survival was 11 months for patients with limited disease and 4 months for extensive disease.