HEURISTIC GLIMPSES INTO THE EVOLUTION OF RADIATION THERAPY, PARTICULARLY IN REFERENCE TO GYNECOLOGIC CANCERS, CALDWELL LECTURE, 1960

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1961 · Am. J. Roentgenol., Radium Therapy Nuclear Med.

OSTI ID:4119517

Leucutia, T

Developments in the evolution of radiation therapy of gynecologic cancers are reviewed. Results are summarized from a series of 553 cases of carcinoma of the endometrium treated by radiation therapy and surgery in various combinations. The three methods used include preoperative irradiation with intracavitary radium and external x rays, hysterectomy six to eight weeks later, and postoperative irradiation with external x rays two to three weeks after the operation; hysterectomy and 2 or 3 courses of postoperative irradiation with external x rays, associated very rarely with intravaginal radium, at intervals of eight to ten weeks from each other; and irradiation alone in the inoperable cases. Over-all five year survivals of 61% were obtained in a group of selected patients treated by a combination of surgery, preoperative irradiation with intracavitary radium or equivalent radioactive substances, and external x or gamma rays followed by total hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy, and supplemented, when necessary, with a second course of external radiation therapy. (C.H.)

• Research Organization: Harper Hospital, Detroit
• NSA Number: NSA-15-007148
• OSTI ID: 4119517
• Journal Information: Am. J. Roentgenol., Radium Therapy Nuclear Med., Journal Name: Am. J. Roentgenol., Radium Therapy Nuclear Med. Vol. Vol: 85
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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