title: [Methods of exclusive irradiation of cancers of the breast. Société de Radiologie, 18 March 1974].
abstract: It was the object of this round table to discuss the different techniques for treatment of breast cancer by radiation only, in order to seek out their common points. Six French Centres participated: the Foundation Curie (Paris), the Centre Anti-Cancéreux de l'Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite (Marseille), the Service de Radiologie de l'Hôpital Civil (Strasbourg), the Centre René-Huguenin (Saint-Cloud)k, the Service de Carcinologie Radiothérapique de l'Hôpital Henri-Mondor (Créteil) and the Institut Gustave-Roussy (Villejuif). Our readers can see the details of the treatments practiced by each of the six schools in their own particular techniques, in the following pages. We will confine ourselves here to a brief summary only. It should be recalled that these techniques for treatment of breast cancer by radiotherapy alone vere developed almost simultaneously in several different Centres around 1960, as a result of the revolution in radiotherapy which began in 1975 with the installation of tele-Cobalt...
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007495:Iridium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011867:Radioisotope Teletherapy; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D007495:Iridium
vernacular_title: Les techniques d'irradiation exclusive des cancers du sein. Société de Radiologie, 18 mars 9174