The Present Position of Radium Therapy *A Paper read at a Meeting of the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society, held in the University of Bristol on 10th May, 1933.

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  • Sylvia B. Wigoder
چکیده

Radium has been described (I have forgotten by whom,) as the most potent element which has been yet discovered for the production of discontent in the medical profession. It was hailed at first as a panacea for all ills. Although it has not fulfilled the hopes based upon it by those early enthusiasts, it has opened up new fields in the treatment of disease, especially malignant disease, but even there, despite improved technique, I do not think that radium is at present a substitute for surgery. The radium needle should be looked upon, not as a competitor to the knife, but as a partner and an added weapon in the fight against cancer.

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دوره 50  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016