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Total body irradiation with 8 MeV X‐rays in generalized malignant disease
Author(s) -
Huys John V.,
Simons Maria J.,
Dewulf Leo M.,
Schelstraete Karel H.
Publication year - 1977
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(197704)39:4<1435::aid-cncr2820390413>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - medicine , total body irradiation , irradiation , nuclear medicine , malignant disease , chemotherapy , whole body irradiation , cancer , radiation therapy , malignant lymphoma , radiology , surgery , lymphoma , cyclophosphamide , physics , transplantation , nuclear physics
The authors describe their experience with total body irradiation (TBI) with 8 MeV‐x rays in the treatment of disseminated tumors. With a dose of 125 rad, given three times with 2‐week intervals, some objective remissions (6/26) were obtained, especially in patients with lymphomas. For solid tumors only subjective improvement could be achieved. The side‐effects were acceptable. The authors came to the conclusion that total body irradiation may be an alternative to chemotherapy for certain cases of generalized cancer.