THE ROLE OF RADIOTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF TUMOURS IN CHILDREN.
Radiotherapy has an established place in the treatment of some tumours in children, both for cure and palliation. An evaluation of this form of treatment is made, based on experience with the children admitted to the Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute during the past 30 years.
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms; D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms; D001932:Brain Neoplasms; D002648:Child; D004739:England; D006413:Hematopoietic System; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms; D008208:Lymphatic System; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000628:therapy*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms
ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADOLESCENCE; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; ENGLAND; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; INFANT; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; NEOPLASM RADIOTHERAPY; NEOPLASM STATISTICS; NEOPLASM THERAPY; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS