Combined Irradiation and Surgery in the Treatment of Carcinoma of the Pelvic Colon
| Autor: | Jean P. Pratt, Horace C. Jones, Howard P. Doub |
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| Rok vydání: | 1941 |
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| Zdroj: | Radiology. 37:575-580 |
| ISSN: | 1527-1315 0033-8419 |
| DOI: | 10.1148/37.5.575 |
| Popis: | A great many articles have appeared in the literature describing various methods of treating carcinoma of the colon and rectum, and giving statistics of the cures obtained with these methods. Generally speaking, the methods resolve themselves into three categories: (1) surgery alone, (2) irradiation alone, (3) combined irradiation and surgery. In some instances the procedure of choice has been determined by the extent of the lesion and in others by the availability of radium or high-voltage x-ray equipment. Where all these therapeutic agents have been available, the method has depended upon the judgment of the surgeon and radiologist in the individual case, according to the location and extent of the growth. We are not attempting to describe any unusual treatment but rather a combined method of irradiation and surgery, which we have used for many years and which, in our hands, has proved to be more satisfactory than either irradiation or surgery alone. It is essentially one of friendly teamwork on the par... |
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