Total-body irradiation for bone marrow transplantation.
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Total-body irradiation (TBI), when given as part of bone marrow transplantation (BMT), works by enhancing immune suppression and by exerting a tumoricidal effect. The modality has been made less toxic because of new approaches to delivering TBI, such as fractionation, and partial organ shielding, Colleen Lawton, MD, professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, said at the 1998 American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology meeting.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Oncology
دوره 13 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999