Therapeutic use of fractionated total body and subtotal body irradiation. [X-rays]

Conference · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981 · Cancer; (United States)

OSTI ID:6442564

Loeffler, R K

Ninety-one patients were treated using fractionated subtotal body (STBI) or total body irradiation (TBI). These patients had generalized lymphomas, Hodgkin's disease, leukemias, myelomas, seminomas, or oat-cell carcinomas. Subtotal body irradiation is delivered to the entire body, except for the skull and extremities. It was expected that a significantly higher radiation dose could be administered with STBI than with TBI. A five- to ten-fold increase in tolerance for STBI was demonstrated. Many of these patients have had long-term emissions. There is little or no treatment-induced symptomatology, and no sanctuary sites.

• Research Organization: Northeast Ohio Conjoint Radiation Center, Hartville
• OSTI ID: 6442564
• Journal Information: Cancer; (United States), Vol. 47:9; Conference: 61. annual meeting of the American Radium Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 4 Mar 1979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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