Radiotherapy in china today

The treatment of cancer by radiation in China began in the early 1930's. However, up to 1949, its development was very slow. Following Liberation, the growth of this specialty has been extremely rapid, as shown by the kind of modern radiotherapeutic equipment that is available today in many cen...

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Published inInternational journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 293 - 295
Main Author Fu, Liu Tai
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.1989
Subjects
China
History
Humans
Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy - trends
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China
Status
Radiotherapy
History
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Summary:The treatment of cancer by radiation in China began in the early 1930's. However, up to 1949, its development was very slow. Following Liberation, the growth of this specialty has been extremely rapid, as shown by the kind of modern radiotherapeutic equipment that is available today in many centers of our country. Currently almost every province has a cancer center with a good radiotherapy department and consequently, treatment results have improved over the past years. Due to the large number of patients seen in every radiotherapy department, many types of cancers are treated each day, thus clinical trials can be concluded in a shorter time. The author will show the kind of work that is being achieved in China in general, and Shanghai in particular.
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ISSN:0360-3016
1879-355X
DOI:10.1016/0360-3016(89)90316-7