OLEIC ACID I$sup 131$ INTESTINAL ABSORPTION IN PELVIC COBALT 60 IRRADIATION
Periodic oleic acid I/sup 131/ intestinal absorption studies were carried out at pre-planned intervals during the course of pelvic irradiation of 48 patients having a diagnosis of carcinoma of the cervix. Twenty-one of these patients, followed for a period of eight weeks after cobalt 60 irradiation, provided follow-up studies. Evaluation of these absorption studies indicates that a very low incidence of depression to abnormal levels occurs during therapy, at completion of treatment, or at eight weeks after cobalt 60 irraulation. These findings appear somewhat contrary to those in the majority of earlier reports. It is hypothesized that this negative finding may be related to the tissue sparing eIfect of cobalt-60 gamma radiation as compared to the effects of the heterogeneous beam generated by orthovoltage equipment and utilized in prior clinical studies. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-008494
- OSTI ID:
- 4817486
- Journal Information:
- Am. J. Roentgenol., Radium Therapy Nuclear Med., Journal Name: Am. J. Roentgenol., Radium Therapy Nuclear Med. Vol. Vol: 87
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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