Treatment of Cancer of Cervix by Radium and Deep X-Rays
- 4 May 1950
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 242 (18), 689-691
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195005042421801
Abstract
THE purpose of this paper is to report to the New England Surgical Society the results of treatment of cancer of the cervix at the Rhode Island Hospital from 1933 through 1943. The year 1933 is chosen as a starting point because in that year the use of deep x-ray therapy as a part of the "planned treatment" was inaugurated.Four hundred and thirty-two consecutive cases of cancer of the cervix are found in the clinical files for this period. From a study of five-year and ten-year survival rates in this series of cases, we hope to draw conclusions regarding . . .Keywords
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