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ACHRE Report Part II Chapter 8 |
Chapter 8: Total-Body Irradiation: Problems when Treatment and Research are IntertwinedIntroductionWhat is TBI?Early Use of TBI for Radioresistant Tumors: The Manhattan Project Experiments on Patients and the Subsequent AEC ReviewRenewed Interest in Total-Body IrradiationPostwar TBI-Effects Experimentation: Continued Reliance on Sick Patients in Place of Healthy "Normals"AEC-Sponsored TBI at Oak RidgeConclusion |