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asaistanoe nnd support to t'ne naticnwide oanoer researoh Rork by a fourfinano ial aid . program whioh involms radios at in matetinla, new fa oil it iea, and funds authorized by Congwss for oanuer rerearoh, wa8 d a s i p d uf't8r month of study to ex?lcra the pasrrible bonefib of atmia energy to o~po(lraufferura, to sssist and aupent axisti% projeotr, and t o avoid duplioation of work zow carnieti an Sy the 3. 3. Publia % a l t h &w7iae and other '2overxent 1genaias , the -&rioaa oacoer Socisty, and a number cf privately e a d m d foundationr and medioal researoh canters. A basiu objective d' the ?lan Is the development of the u o of radio- ?>dive materials in r t c d i e s of the nature of oanoer, ita diaposis and treabwnt.
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those f o r handlin,; and transportation d l be removed from iodine-131, oeacer. %her available radioisotope# uneful in the study and treaiment - o f oancer Till be added tothe lbt, as it ~ J J determined that they oan be aupslied on t h h new basisfn enaouraging wider me of soleoted sadioiaotoper aa part of tha oancmr researoh program, tho Cccrmirsionwarnetd that radiois&opea hare not been found generally useful in oanoec treatment QI developed at t h e present extend op.cortunitier for qualified Investi&om and ph y sio im to use these radioisotopes i n the sear& for besio houledge about uanoer. The remmal of a11 Ohsrg80 exoept f o r handling and shipping, should These radioisctope8 under the new proaedurs 3511 be obtained aa heretofore f r o m the isotopes branoh, Btomio %orgy Cammission, oak Sidge, exoept for the remmal of the ape o if i ed ohargod. The resulting savinga in coat cf i meat i gst ions will vary oonsiderably dependi&g upon the type of study of treatment involved. relatively short life. Balf o f ita ori ghd radioaotivity ia lost aftor 8 daya, half of the remainder by the snd of the naxt 0 d a p , and 8 0 forth. The phyaioian or investigator rrsing t bate rial snrt ;sake alloracoa for losr d ~ p ,f o r sxanple, a physioian 3 1 ~ 8 %order about 10 x ill lon r lea of iodins-131 for every6a ill i our ies of mt arial he wlshed to adminirter. 3 1 iodine-131 at 0.k Bidge has beon 31.70 per silliourle, the unit in rhioh radio ao tid ty is memufed. tion of onlya few nilliauriea or a course o f treatment extendfng omc3 - rid 0 Individual patieats m y reoeivm a single applioa-
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laboratories for aanoer research are dire ot radiation kom high-voltage qclotrona and other atamio partido aocelerators. the patiant is plaoed dire otl y in the path o f the partielo8 h suoh a tmy that t h e boam of paTtioles is direated t o the area of the body requiring treatment. Thus tha "atom szmahers" will be wed in 8 zanner similar t o 8n mati gators rrill also ham aeoess t o rsaotor-produead rrdioisotopsr hrPing very short lima. ainoo they lose their radioaetirr oharraterietios in a matter of minuter or In this ' cyp of treatment, Studier bvolviag these natsrlalr m a t be made on ths spot, '2hir type of invest ig at iv s trestdZit will rsqufre patients t o be hospitalized a t or near the labcratory sites There the s pe oi al types of radiation are 2rcduaed. Aooordingly, tho Cam nl s rio a will 'make avail able albi ted rmmber of beds dtft patients carefully seleoted by imestigafurs studying certain t y p e s of tumors about which DBIT knonledgo is sought ind oan be obtained through w e of these swoial miter iala and unique tools. !IhFs: aeries of studies xi11 begin a t the Oak Ridge fl ospital Imam 8 or 10 hap it a1 beds and the neoersary researoh fao ili ties rill be o on as atailable €nthe next- or thram nonthr. Within tho n a A tAn, yearr acaqlation laboratory, and Lor Mamos Laboratory id11 make it poaaible t o undertakm similar progrtms at these looatiom. Tho p!kmmissfon emphasizes that ita p:rt i. to prod do the faa il it i as, t o investigators or patients; the research will ?w uarried on by the ln vest i gr tora, not by tha Co?misafon. uni ~ ers it ie s,w dioal sohools alinior ,snd other institutions in researah It ir expeoted that the already largo partioipation o f
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faa ili ties dl1 not be availsbla for the treatrdnt of cancer patients hl for a poi al studies hiah may benefit ,wy aanoer sufferera though adding t o baaio knowledge, rather than solely for tre a hr rt of the few Tho can be aooamnodated probably not =ore thet 50 at any one time. With the limited number of beds, it neoessary that they be used The part of the oancer rusearch prograxn having t o do 'Kith USAEC rupport of oaoer studier wied ox by the Eatfonsl Besuaroh Counoilt# oommittee an atado craaualtiea is hot newr %ational Researah Counoil by ;residential diraative to investigate the long tern effeots of the atm.io Scmb explosiom st Slroshkns and xagslraki on the sum vln g yoplations o f the tao a it iea.A conaidetable portion of the vork of this oommittee is oonoarned qith'the icbidenoe and types of mslil;nant grdb in these individuals. shcald furnish valuable information rrbout the natural hiatorg of oanaer. fhe work ha# been ac&r2.leC on heretofore w i t h The cromittee on atomio aasualtiss was established under the The work will sxtend over asvsrsl year8 and