MEDICAL DIVISION RESEARCH REPORT FOR 1962
Progress is reported on studies of radiation effects and treatment of patients with a variety of mailgnant disorders, Emphasis was placed on the response of patients to homologous bone marrow injections after exposure to single whole-body radiation doses of 50 or 100 r. Results are included from complementary studies in laboratory animals. Data are presented on the effects of whole-body irradiation on bone marrow lipids in rats, dogs, swine, and monkeys; the radiosensitivity of the primate, Tamarinus nigricollis; the effects of injected rare earth chelates on liver; the tissue distribution of radioisotopes after intralymphatic injection; a tracer estimation of BETA dose to the human intestine from internally deposited radioisotopes; and an evaluation of radioisotopes for use in bone marrow scanning. A list is included of publications during the period covered by this report. (C.H.)
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge Inst. of Nuclear Studies, Inc., Tenn.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-026964
- OSTI ID:
- 4699860
- Report Number(s):
- ORINS-42
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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