 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | My resarch has uncovered that most cancer treatment protocols have been developed only in the past 50 years.
I should also mention that Cobalt 60 machines were used (early 50's) before linear accelerators made the scene (and are still used in some parts of the world but rarely found in the United States today). There are some major advantages to using LINAC's vs. Cobalt 60.
The first case of cure of a malignant tumor by radiotherapy alone was reported on a patient with a histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the nose in 1899. She lived 30 years beyond the treatment.
Head & neck cancers were treated for the first time with radiotherapy in 1932 at the Curie Institute in Paris with curative results.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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