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Irk stern Besesve University Atomic %ergy b dio al Research Pro jeot ubsb Atomio Energy Commission Oak Ridge, Tennctlssee I have reviewed the minutes and I think they are very good, although t h e r e might bo some minor ohangea made in my oomments about Gold 190, but what irs inthe minutes is strictly acourate. I should like to point out again that the use of gold for the treatment of tumors has a number of very serious draw-baoks: 1) The material is a liquid solution and therefore cannot It can be easily spilled and oontamination re-be readily o on trolled. sults not only to the operator but to thO individual treated so that some of the gold m y find its way into the ret icu lo - endo the li al system (liver and spleon) where it should not be. coatmin::tion since the gold might finci its way inton large blood This might ocaur without any real jZ) It seems that the mode of approach with radon seeds has been thoroughly explored and radon seeds are quite satis faa tory. are certainly much safer. They offer, in addition, ab otter opportunity t o achieve uniforr; distribution,since uniform spacing isnot so or it io al as witha beta emitter. In reiteration,I approve of the minutes aud the seotion on gold may be left or slight modifications made as listed in t nie letter. Very a in oe rely yours,
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for Phosphorus 32 will grant arpproval b y achlnistrative prsaedure radioisotope oormnZttee. In anather m6e, it night be by the dean of t h e medias1 8Ch001, or by eoz,eone t o whom this authority ha6 been delkgatad by .the dean. In ona case, this mieht be by aotion of the R statement conaeroing rental VBIGUB raels of %eta-ray appliaators will appear in the new future in a supplement t o the cataloz. Your cooperation in reviewing the tentative minutee ard enabling UB to iasue these in f i n a l form is genuinely appreaiatsd.