[en] Results of the radiotherapy of 22 patients with locally expanding primary and relapsing tumours of the oesophagus, which practically failed to respond to any other existing therapeutic methods, are discussed. The patients were subjected to concentrated-nonuniform irradiation through a grid from one static field (during the first stage of treatment) in combination with irradiation from the open fields during the 2nd stage of the split course of the remote gamma-therapy. Single focal doses under the orifices of the latticed diaphragm in nonuniform irradiation amounted to 800-1.000 rad, accumulated doses - to 7.000-9.000 rad, and in irradiation from the open fields - 150-175 rad and 3.000-4.000 rad respectively. The accumulated focal dose in the tumour under the cross-pieces of the latticed diaphragm by the end of the course of the remote gamma-therapy was 5.000-6.000 rad. Only in one out of 22 patients there was massive hemorrhage after the focal dose of 7.000 rad. No other complications in the process of treatment were noted. Average life of the patients was 7 months, which was twice as much as that in untreated patients. The average follow-up of the living patients was 8 months (from 4 to 18 months)