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TO INVESTIGATE, DEVELOP, AND EVALUATE RADIOISOTOPES FOR TELETHERAPY. Progress Report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4767475
Results are summarized for the use of focused grid telecobalt therapy in the palliative treatment of 45 patients with advanced cancer. Relatively large doses of radiation were delivered over a period of 10 treatment days. Pain and hemorrhage stopped and there was marked regression in tumor size in all cases. Data are summarized on 670 patients with various types of neoplasms treated with external Co/sup 60/ irradiation. (C. H.)
Research Organization:
Arkansas. Univ., Little Rock. School of Medicine
NSA Number:
NSA-17-002828
OSTI ID:
4767475
Report Number(s):
TID-17170
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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