Radiation Therapy in Malignant Disease―Results To Be Expected
Authors: George E. Pfahler
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1929)

Article1 November 1929Radiation Therapy in Malignant Disease―Results To Be ExpectedGEORGE E. PFAHLER, M.D.GEORGE E. PFAHLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-3-5-483 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWith our present knowledge of the treatment of cancer,good results can only be obtained by the early recognition of the disease and by the immediate, thorough and skillful treatment. The fear of operation on the part of the patient is an important factor in causing delay. If this fear can be eliminated by the family physicians and the consultants, who know that radiation is of definite value in the treatment of malignant disease, patients will be more likely to consult the family physician at once, instead of going to quacks, or doing nothing. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania Committee on Cancer Control of the Philadelphia County Medical Society Philadelphia*Presented before the Annual Meeting of the American College of Physicians, Boston, Mass., April 8-12, 1929. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie Therapie des Uteruscarcinoms und des Chorionepithelioms 1 November 1929Volume 3, Issue 5Page: 483-491KeywordsCancer treatmentFearRadiation therapy ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1929 PDF downloadLoading ...