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THE quantity of radium now employed in the treatment of cancer, by the ‘beam’ method alone, exceeds 120 gm., with a value in excess of £800,000. The Continental names for this method are telecurietherapie and Eadiumfern-bestrahlung, while ‘radium beam therapy’ is the term commonly used in Great Britain. In this method of treatment a considerable quantity of radium (2-10 gm.) is surrounded by a large mass of lead or of tungsten alloy, and a beam of gamma -rays passes from the radium through a hole or window in the lead and is directed at the tumour or glands as may be desirable. A typical modern apparatus is shown in the photograph (Fig. 1).
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Eve, A., Grimmett, L. Radium Beam Therapy and High-Voltage X-Rays*. Nature 139, 52–55 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139052a0
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