Thursday, October 7, 2004

RADIOTHERAPY TUTORIAL

EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK REVIEW OF RADIOLOGY



Radiosensitivity of different tumours



Highly sensitive

Lymphoma

Seminoma

Myeloma

Ewing’s sarcoma

Wilms’ tumor




Moderately sensitive

Small cell lung cancer

Breast cancer

Basal cell carcinoma

Medulloblastoma

Teratoma

Ovarian cancer



Relatively resistant

Squamous cell carcinoma of lung

Hypernephroma

Rectal carcinoma

Bladder carcinoma

Soft tissue sarcoma

Soft tissue sarcoma

Cervical cancer



Highly resistant

Melanoma

Osteosarcoma

Pancreatic carcinoma



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