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Radiation Therapy of Tumors of the Liver

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The most important observation about irradiation of the liver is that its functions are not detectably impaired by doses up to 6000 rads fractionated over 6 to 8 weeks. Indeed, if the initial liver function tests show impairment, as is usually the case when patients with tumors of the liver are considered for radiation therapy, these various tests generally show improving functions during treatment and often for several weeks after its completion. Thus, there is no tumor of the liver, primary or metastatic, which is unsuitable for irradiation because of the risk of damage to the normal liver being greater than the probability of tumor regression.

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  1. Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York, N. Y., USA

    Ralph F. Phillips M.D. (Emeritus Attending Radiotherapist)

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  1. Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York, New York, USA

    George T. Pack M.D., F.A.C.S. (Late Attending Surgeon, Emeritus, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Surgeon, Director) (Late Attending Surgeon, Emeritus, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Surgeon, Director)

  2. New York Medical College, New York, New York, USA

    George T. Pack M.D., F.A.C.S. (Late Attending Surgeon, Emeritus, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Surgeon, Director) (Late Attending Surgeon, Emeritus, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Surgeon, Director)

  3. Pack Medical Group, New York, New York, USA

    George T. Pack M.D., F.A.C.S. (Late Attending Surgeon, Emeritus, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Surgeon, Director) (Late Attending Surgeon, Emeritus, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Surgeon, Director)

  4. Pack Medical Foundation, New York, New York, USA

    George T. Pack M.D., F.A.C.S. (Late Attending Surgeon, Emeritus, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Surgeon, Director) (Late Attending Surgeon, Emeritus, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Surgeon, Director)

  5. St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA

    Abdol H. Islami Ph.D., M.D., F.A.C.S. (Attending Surgeon and Director of Department of Medical Education, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery) (Attending Surgeon and Director of Department of Medical Education, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery)

  6. New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

    Abdol H. Islami Ph.D., M.D., F.A.C.S. (Attending Surgeon and Director of Department of Medical Education, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery) (Attending Surgeon and Director of Department of Medical Education, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery)

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Phillips, R.F. (1970). Radiation Therapy of Tumors of the Liver. In: Pack, G.T., Islami, A.H. (eds) Tumors of the Liver. Recent Results in Cancer Research / Fortschritte der Krebsforschung / Progrès dans les recherches sur le cancer, vol 26. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48730-9_17

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