An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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STONE, Robert Spencer

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A preliminary report on the use of fast neutrons in the treatment of malignant disease.

Radiology, 35, 322-27, 1940.

First report on the introduction of neutron therapy for cancer. See Hans Svensson & Torsten Landberg, "Neutron therapy--the historical background," Acta Oncologica, 33:3 (1984) 227-231. In 1938 Stone began clinical trials treating cancer with neutrons produced by E. O. Lawrence's cyclotron at the University of California, Berkeley. These trials were terminated because the cyclotron was needed for the war effort during World War II.



Subjects: Radiation Oncology