From July 1985 to April 1993, total 2040 new patients with malignant neoplasms were treated by radiation in the Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital. Male cases were 872, and female were 1168. Curative radiotherapy wa...
From July 1985 to April 1993, total 2040 new patients with malignant neoplasms were treated by radiation in the Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital. Male cases were 872, and female were 1168. Curative radiotherapy was done in 830 (41%) patients, palliative in 563 (28%), and pre or post-op radiotherapy in 503(25%). Most common tumors were lung cancer in male, and uterine cervical cancer in femalw. Some clinical features of the malignant neoplasms treated by radiotherapy were discussed.