Radiation‐induced cancer, although fortunately a rare complication of radiotherapy, is
nonetheless observed occasionally even after megavoltage radiation has been used. Over a …

The purpose of this Symposium is to ascertain whether cure rates are sufficiently increased
by supervoltage irradiation to warrant the installation of super-voltage apparatus in all …

Previous reports of radiation‐related neoplasia have relied primarily upon patients treated
by orthovoltage to low doses for benign disease. This survey is believed to be the first to …

When radiotherapy is used in the management of head and neck tumours, the temporal
bone often falls within the treatment field, and both the inner and middle ears may receive …

The present analysis is limited to 251 patients treated with megavoltage irradiation at MD
Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute between 1954 and December 1977. The 5-year …

If carcinoma of the tonsillar area is treated aggressively, approximately one-third of the
patients will develop some form of complication in the mandible. There will also be …

There has been a surge of interest in re-evaluation of combined therapy in mouth, tongue,
pharynx, hypopharynx and larynx, employing supervoltage irradiation plus a full surgical …

The purpose of this paper is to describe the techniques used and to give the early results of
treatment of carcinoma of the larynx and pharynx by supervoltage radiation. The type of …

Abstract From 1953 to 1975, 330 children received megavoltage for benign or malignant
tumors. Fourteen subsequently developed second neoplasms. The 30‐year cumulative …

Abstract Between March 1954 and August 1973, 204 patients with 5quamous cell
carcinomas of the retromolar trigone and anterior tonsillar pillar were treated with …