Effect of Intralumlnal brachy therapy on inoperable rectal cancer

From September 1991 to September 1992,twenty cases of cytopathological confirmed inoperable reatal cancer were treated with high dose rate intraluminal brachy therapy combined with external radotherapy.The effects were measured according to the standard of WHO.In 20 patients there was CR in 4,PR in lithe short term effective(CR+PR) was 55%(11/20).No severe complications but acute radiation rectitis was observed,and none of those cases had been interupted in the whole cycle of treatment.The survey of remote therapeutic effects are under the way.