CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 11, 88-91, Copyright
© 1961 by American Cancer Society
Preparation and Maintenance of the Patient Receiving Irradiation for Gynecologic Cancer
William E. Crisp M.D.1 and
John C. Ullery M.D.1
1 The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio.
From animal experimentation and clinical experience, we know that the response to the stress of irradiation will be much better if the patients are properly prepared for this stress.
In the future complications will be further reduced and survival percentages increased as the techniques become more selective and it becomes possible to alter the tumor's environment by making it more radiosensitive, and by being able to maintain the human host in a better state of nutrition and resistance.