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Observations in Five Patients with Acute Leukemia Treated by Whole-Body Exposures of 1,400 to 2,000 Roentgens and Infusions of Marrow

E. D. THOMAS, M.D.; E. C. HERMAN, Jr., M.D.; W. B. GREENOUGH III, M.D.; E. B. HAGER, M.D.; J. H. CANNON, M.D.; O. D. SAHLER, M.D.; J. W. FERREBEE, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1961;107(6):829-845.

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Intravenous infusion of fresh or glycerolfrozen marrow has shown promise in the treatment of the aplasia of marrow that follows radiation exposure or chemotherapy.^1,2 In this hospital infusions of marrow from volunteers, fetuses, or cadavers have been used in efforts to restore marrow function in leukemic patients who have been treated by irradiation.^3-5 In our first year of study, patients received whole-body exposure to air doses of 100 to 600 roentgens.⁶ In the second year the irradiation was increased to 600 to 1,200 roentgens,^7-9 and in the last 2 years the exposure has been increased to 1,200 to 2,000 roentgens. This report describes clinical and laboratory observations in 5 patients with acute leukemia following treatment by continuous whole-body exposures of 1,400 to 2,000 roentgens.

Methods

Isolation Precautions.—

On admission to the hospital all patients were placed in isolation. The isolation unit consisted of the patient's room . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
COOPERSTOWN. N.Y.

From the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (affiliated with Columbia University).; Public Health Service Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesday, Md. (Dr. Greenough).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication June 6, 1960.

Supported by a grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc.; Research Grant C-2643 from the United States Public Health Service, and by Contract AT(30-1)-2005 from the United States Atomic Energy Commission.

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