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A CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGIC STUDY

LAWRENCE R. WHARTON, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1935;30(1):35-51.

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The object of this communication is to suggest for consideration a therapeutic measure which I have found helpful in facilitating the removal of large malignant tumors of the kidney. I refer to the use of preoperative high voltage roentgen therapy for the purpose of reducing the size of these enormous neoplasms. Although I feel sure that this adjunct of therapy is being introduced in some clinics, the literature as yet contains no specific report of it.

I cannot present a large series of cases, as, fortunately, a big renal tumor is not common. Also the effect that preoperative irradiation has on the chance of ultimate cure cannot be reported as this can be determined only with the passing of years. I shall, however, show the direct effect that irradiation has on the cytology and gross characteristics of these tumors and call attention to the immediate benefit of this treatment in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BALTIMORE

From the Department of Gynecology, Johns Hopkins Medical School and Hospital.

Footnotes
Read before the Mid-Atlantic Section of the American Urological Association, Washington, D. C., Dec. 13, 1933.

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