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The independent radiotherapy center
Author(s) -
Johansen Helge
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196810)22:4<703::aid-cncr2820220403>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , specialty , center (category theory) , medical physics , radium , radiology , family medicine , chemistry , physics , nuclear physics , crystallography
Abstract From the beginning of this century radiology has embraced two widely different medical fields: diagnosis and therapy. The fundamental differences between these have grown ever more obvious with radiotherapy's playing such an important factor in the treatment of malignant diseases; the specialty has now been recognized as an independent therapeutic discipline at several medical schools. The development of the Radium Center in Copenhagen into an independent radiotherapy center is discussed and the importance of centralized radiotherapy is emphasized.