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X-Ray Therapy

Known as: Therapy, X Ray, Therapies, X Ray, X Ray Therapies 
A type of radiation therapy that uses high-energy radiation from x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
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1984
1984
X-ray epilation for the treatment of trichiasis.
.richiasis is a complication of many different disorders of the eyelids. Treatment is difficult and painful when conventional… 
1977
1977
Treatment of morphea-type basal cell carcinomas with radiation therapy.
Eight patients received superficial x-ray therapy for morphea-type basal cell carcinomas. Seven lesions did not recur. One… 
1975
1975
The use of V.H.F. radiowaves in cancer therapy.
SUMMARY The theoretical possibilities of V.H.F. radio-wave therapy for patients suffering from cancer were published recently… 
1964
1964
INDUCTION OF MITOTIC SYNCHRONY BY INTERMITTENT HYPERTHERMIA IN THE WALKER 256 RAT CARCINOMA.
Rats with the transplanted Walker 256 carcinoma were subjected to intermittent body hyperthermia (average, 40.5° C.) by infrared… 
1964
1964
RADIATION THERAPY FOR CANCER OF THE UTERINE CERVIX.
Meticulously applied intracavitary radium therapy is still the best form of radiotherapy for localized cancer on and around the… 
1960
1960
The role of x-ray therapy to the neck region in the production of thyroid cancer in young people. A report of thirty-seven cases.
Duffy and Fitzgerald, 1 in 1950, first called attention to the frequent association of x-ray therapy to the thymus gland of… 
1960
1960
X-ray diagnosis of radiation injuries of the lung.
A report is presented of 50 cases with radiation injuries of the lung tissue due to post-operative x-ray treatment for carcinoma… 
Review
1953
Review
1953
Cavernous metastatic pulmonary carcinoma; a report of two cases.
Metastatic carcinoma has been scarcely mentioned as a cause of pulmonary cavitation in the texts and articles on this subject.’.2… 
1952
1952
Erythema multiforme following deep x-ray therapy.
LOCALIZED primary radiation dermatitis resulting from deep x-ray therapy is commonly known, as is the eczematoid dermatitis that… 
1950
1950
[Dosage tolerance of cerebral tissue in deep roentgenotherapy].