RT Book, Section
A1 ElMasri, Wafic M.
A1 Dorigo, Oliver
A2 DeCherney, Alan H.
A2 Nathan, Lauren
A2 Laufer, Neri
A2 Roman, Ashley S.
SR Print(0)
ID 56976072
T1 Chapter 52. Radiation for Gynecologic Cancers
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Obstetrics & Gynecology, 11e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163856-2
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56976072
RD 2024/04/19
AB Two  European  discoveries  in  the  late  1800s  led  to  future  radiation  treatment  of  human  malignancies.  While  studying  the  penetrating  power  of  cathode  ray  emission  in  Germany,  Wilhelm  Roentgen  discovered  x-rays  on  November  8,  1895.  In  France,  the  Curies  isolated  radium  from  uranium  ore  in  1898.  Soon  thereafter,  Robert  Abbe  of  New  York  City  introduced  radium  for  medical  therapy,  and  Howard  Kelly  of  Baltimore  pioneered  radium  treatment  of  cervical  cancer.  Since  then,  radiation  therapy  has  evolved  to  become  a  major  modality  in  the  treatment  of  many  cancers,  particularly  those  of  the  female  reproductive  tract.