title: [Radioactive isotopes in the diagnosis and therapy of tumors].
abstract: The Author, after some historical accounts, widely deals with physics and chemistry of the atom that are the necessary presupposition to the knowledge of the mechanisms of action of radio-isotopes. He hence exposes the radio-isotopes applications with special consideration to the action of radiations on the organism and the possibility of diagnosis and therapeutics with radioisotopes in oncology. The Author concludes that radio-isotopes must not be considered separately in the therapeutics of tumours, but as main component of the whole anti-tumour armament (surgical, consentional radiological, chemi-therapeutic) in which the immune-therapeutics is proving itself with fascinating possibilities.
mesh_terms: D001345:Autoradiography; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007204:Indium; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D009686:Nuclear Physics; D011854:Radiochemistry; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D011883:Radium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013667:Technetium; D014501:Uranium
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D007204:Indium; D014501:Uranium; D013667:Technetium; D011883:Radium
vernacular_title: Gli isotopi radioattivi nella diagnosi e nella terapia dei tumori.