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The Second International Congress of the Scientific and Social Campaign against Cancer : Brussels, Sept. 20–26, 1936

The Second International Congress of the Scientific and Social Campaign against Cancer :... Co-operation between therapist and patient is a necessary factor in any treatment, especially so in the radiation treatment of malignancy. Ignorance on the part of the layman in regard to radiation therapy is a frequent impediment to co-operation, and precautions should be taken to guard against it. It is natural enough that the radiologist should have more of a task on his hands in the way of educating his patient than does the surgeon, as we readily realize when we consider the relative ages of surgery and radiology. Radiation therapy being, so to speak, a youngster, has a more limited acquaintance in the lay world than does surgery. When Mrs. Brown goes to the hospital for a surgical operation, it is probable that her next-door neighbor knows someone "who had the same thing done," and has prepared Mrs. Brown for the worst in the way of post-operative sequelre. The patient's family and the surgeon also expect that a more or less stormy convalescence will follow major surgery, so that, while these effects may cause apprehension for the patient's welfare, they are in some degree taken for granted, and the operation is performed without interference. Radiation therapy for malignancy http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Radiology Radiological Society of North America, Inc.

The Second International Congress of the Scientific and Social Campaign against Cancer : Brussels, Sept. 20–26, 1936

Radiology , Volume 27: 622 – Nov 1, 1936

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Abstract

Co-operation between therapist and patient is a necessary factor in any treatment, especially so in the radiation treatment of malignancy. Ignorance on the part of the layman in regard to radiation therapy is a frequent impediment to co-operation, and precautions should be taken to guard against it. It is natural enough that the radiologist should have more of a task on his hands in the way of educating his patient than does the surgeon, as we readily realize when we consider the relative ages of surgery and radiology. Radiation therapy being, so to speak, a youngster, has a more limited acquaintance in the lay world than does surgery. When Mrs. Brown goes to the hospital for a surgical operation, it is probable that her next-door neighbor knows someone "who had the same thing done," and has prepared Mrs. Brown for the worst in the way of post-operative sequelre. The patient's family and the surgeon also expect that a more or less stormy convalescence will follow major surgery, so that, while these effects may cause apprehension for the patient's welfare, they are in some degree taken for granted, and the operation is performed without interference. Radiation therapy for malignancy

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Published: Nov 1, 1936

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