TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 52. Radiation for Gynecologic Cancers
A1  - ElMasri, Wafic M.
A1  - Dorigo, Oliver
A2  - DeCherney, Alan H.
A2  - Nathan, Lauren
A2  - Laufer, Neri
A2  - Roman, Ashley S.
PY  - 2013
T2  - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Obstetrics & Gynecology, 11e
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.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56976072
ER  -