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Article1 December 1950ON THE POSSIBLE APPLICATION OF ISOTOPES TO THE MANAGEMENT OF CANCERSIMEON T. CANTRIL, M.D.SIMEON T. CANTRIL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-6-1450 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe application of isotopes to the cancer problem can be directed either toward the broad field of investigations concerning the etiologies of neoplastic disease, or toward therapeutic application without fundamental relationship to the causes underlying uncontrolled cellular growth. In this sense it is comparable to the more conventional roentgen-ray or radium therapy now used. It is assumed that any etiologic factors which contributed to the growth prior to therapy are no longer active if the disease can be arrested. It is most unusual for a new growth, unrelated to the first, to develop in the same organ (with the outstanding... This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Seattle, Washington*Received for publication January 6, 1949.From the Tumor Institute of the Swedish Hospital, Seattle, Washington. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byXCIX Radiation Therapy Viewed by the Otolaryngologist 1 December 1950Volume 33, Issue 6Page: 1450-1458KeywordsEtiology ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...
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