The major advances in radiation oncology in this century was the development of megavoltage radiation in the 1950s, which greatly expanded the clinical utility of ionizing radiation in the treatment of many forms of cancer, including cancers of the head and neck. The combination of radiation and...
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“AWRE were concerned about the political repercussions which might ensue if charges of negligence, however unfounded, could be proved,” record the minutes. Blood counts might have helped to show whether radiation from the nuclear explosions reduced the number of white cells – and increased the ...
Radiotherapy combined with immunotherapy: the dawn of cancer treatment Article Open access 29 July 2022 References Ringborg, U. et al. The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU) systematic overview of radiotherapy for cancer including a prospective survey of radiotherapy pract...
Radiation therapy (RT) was soon being used in a wide variety of malignant diseases. However, treatment was often associated with significant cutaneous toxicity and had limited applicability until the introduction of high energy (megavoltage) machines in the 1950s. Over the last 20 years, ...
12 The role of palliative care in head and neck cancer 126 Albert Tiong June Corry Introduction 126 Current management of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas 126 Patient selection for palliative treatment 127 Use of palliative radiotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas 130 ...
PLT cell numbers in non-irradiated groups were found to be significantly different based on the treatment they received (either saline or JNJ‑26366821). Significantly higher PLT induction after JNJ‑26366821 treatment in the control group could be one of the possible mechanisms leading to ...
It's why gamma rays, for example, are good at killing cancer cells through radiation treatment. Ionizing radiation is given off by radioactive material, very high-voltage equipment, nuclear reactions and stars. It's both natural and man-made. A natural source of ionizing radiation is radon, ...
Japanese utilities have boosted imports of LNG for thermal power generation, as only two of the nation's 50 workable nuclear reactors are currently online in the wake of the radiation accident in March 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was triggered by the massive earthquak...