Open AccessBiological effects of radium on cancer foci. Lahm (Stralentherapie, Bd. 27)
Publication year - 1928
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj95691
Subject(s) - nucleus , radium , vacuole , cancer , cancer cell , connective tissue , cell , chemistry , cell nucleus , biophysics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , cytoplasm , pathology , medicine , radiochemistry , biochemistry , genetics
According to the author, radium has a specific effect on cancer cell nuclei, causing their pycnosis, nucleus deformation, vacuole formation, nucleus wrinkling and disintegration. The surrounding connective tissue is not involved in the specific changes. L. attributes a very important importance to special spindle-shaped cells (carcinomatogenen Stiftzellen), which penetrate into cancerous masses and disconnect them.