Carbon ion radiotherapy (C-ion RT) for prostate cancer was started in 1995 using the Heavy-Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Japan. After preceding phase I/II dose-escalation studies of 20 fractions over 5 weeks, a phase II study was initiated in April 2000 using the treatment techniques and the recommended dose fractionations es...

The World Health Organization has adopted and popularized the term ' zoonoses '1 which is applied to those diseases which are transmissible from animals to man. Altogether a total of some 8o diseases are included among the zoonoses, a word used almost universally in the plural. Most of these diseases have been known for many years and in somne parts of the world they constitute a major social a...

Microsporon ringworm infections of the scalp are at present relatively uncommon in this country; this applies particularly to M. audouinii infections. Wheq they do occur the most reliable treatment is still by total epilation with X-rays (Beare and Cheeseman, 195I), but some examples of M. canis infection are more conveniently treated in this way. A review of the late results of epilation of pa...

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