The Treatment of Malignant Disease by Radiotherapy |
Contents
GENERAL PRINCIPLES II RADIATION FACTORS | 12 |
CHOICE OF TECHNIQUE TIME AND DOSE | 25 |
GAMMARAY SOURCES AND XRAY EQUIPMENT Contributed by W J Meredith | 47 |
TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF XRAY THERAPY In collaboration with W J Meredith | 66 |
BEAMDIRECTED SMALLFIELD XRAY THERAPY Contributed by J L Dobbie | 89 |
THE RADIUM DOSAGE SYSTEM | 121 |
RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES Contributed by C W Gilbert | 139 |
THE MOULDING OF RADIUM APPLICATORS AND BEAMDIRECTION SHELLS In collaboration with R S Pointon | 150 |
THE OESOPHAGUS | 305 |
THE BREAST In collaboration with Moya Cole | 310 |
THE UTERINE CERVIX In collaboration with Moya Cole | 331 |
THE BODY OF THE UTERUS In collaboration with Moya Cole | 360 |
THE BLADDER In collaboration with R S Pointon | 367 |
THE RECTUM AND THE ANUS | 384 |
THE GENITAL ORGANS In collaboration with H C Warrington | 390 |
BONE AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE | 404 |
THE REACTION TO RADIATION | 167 |
THE SKIN In collaboration with R Gibb | 174 |
THE LIP In collaboration with R S Pointon | 196 |
THE MOUTH In collaboration with J G Stewart | 204 |
THE PHARYNX AND LARYNX In collaboration with E C Easson | 235 |
HEAD AND NECKVARIOUS In collaboration with K E Halnan | 252 |
SECONDARY LYMPH NODES | 280 |
THE LUNG AND MEDIASTINUM In collaboration with E SherrahDavies | 290 |
THE LYMPHORETICULAR SYSTEM In collaboration with H C Warrington | 411 |
THE BLOOD In collaboration with E C Easson | 431 |
THE BRAIN In collaboration with Dorothy Pearson | 443 |
CHEMOTHERAPY Contributed by Edith Paterson | 464 |
CAUSES OF FAILURE OF TREATMENT | 477 |
PROTECTION OF STAFF Contributed by S K Stephenson | 481 |
ORGANIZATION | 508 |
INDEX | 549 |