 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Eugenia and welcome to the forum. You are the first that I am aware of that had Cobalt 60 treatment. Tell us all about your experience.
Note: Cobalt 60 was the first mainstream method of radiation therapy and used radioactive cobalt for the source. As it lost energy, they would increase the exposure time and it could cause serious and permanent skin damage due to the "dark" radiation effect (Not found as much with ionzing radation). Some countries still use Cobalt 60, but is has been largely replaced by ionizing radiation machines or LINAC's (linear particle beam accelerator).
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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