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OgSrial Jouml of the Health Physics Society OXFORD LONDON NEW YORK PARIS
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... Fact Sheet on Litigation Pursuant t o Bunan Body ' - Ir tadi ation Progkm- ....... . . The following facts have ken ire pared to sun a rize the info kaki ou -:::. . rc l cvn nt to the la mu it being prepared again at the Federal Govern ant. lyap ? i at icl cuk eni a at the Elcdical Division of OKAU i n July 1964. and that the claimant sue re denied ln fon ntl on rez ard l x alternative ' "1 Conxrcssiond oversight hearings on this mtter before,' the Subconnittce on . ' Iuvcs tizations and Overeight of the Iiousc Coon it tee on Science and Technology I n 1957 under the ARC, the Hcdical Division of OFAU 'jegan a cancer :- treat rent pro gra ~designed to inprove radiation therapies and t o assea6 providing additional funds to obtain in for ation on the onset of acute ' ' .. .l amu it alleges that the proccdures used wcre ' ln ep prop r late for the *:',.. ... riiar tr cet nc nts were of little the rap cut ic value and inferior to other available tcchniques, that fully info med consent war; not given, 'and . . finally, that the a ttc npt to gain data for the spacc program took prccedcnce ovcr proper ucd l cal considerations. The Total Body I rrs di ation St.udy atOMU was initiated ui th two principal objectives -- the first was to seek,in form tl on that night lead t o inprovcd radiation therapy for leuk z rn inc pnd lpphonas and the second t o ' acq trl re.. ' radio bio logic in form tion.. during this par lod wcre considcred for this therapeutic progrim. diqrloses cere established by clinical history, physical ex mi nation, and. ni crow opi c study of sur ~ i c db i op sies, bone narrow, and peripheral blood sacplcs. The urgency for trent nen t was a6sc66ed, and those p ntl ents whose : . condition rr quir cd SOTE other kind of therapy,or no therapy at all, wcre ~ onFttcc!. ' If the clinical status wcs char qi w rapidly and it vas anticipated. treat nen t might be needed during the post irradiation. ... . . If no clearly. ' IN KIA W SIO. IN IT I AW SIU.
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radfacion treat nen t was recarded as an acceptable way of management, the patient vas of fc rcd this form of tr cat nen t, following an explanation of tile research protocol. Inforncd consent was obtained fn accordance with ethic d practice to protect the rights of the individual ne a research Under an InteraKency qr,rceoent between NkSh and AJX, t s r k 9 was begun i n 1964to identify and con pil c in fon,stlon on c ffcc ts observed i n lwnans exposed to ln rac doscs of icrnizing rad in tion either accidentally .or in . the course of thcrnpy for dAscace, and t o organize and Interpret this infor ; n atl on to GUppOrt k4Sh's responsibilities 'for plan ally and conducting canned space f ll th ts. Testimony atthe hearings est at lio he d that IUSA'e , ir it cr eot in this prc spec ti vc study was solely in acquiring accurate radiation dose-response data on a non-interfcrcncc basis from the CCCIOKINS clinic nl study of the effect iv cn css of loi.-levcl total body radiation in treating pcrcons with certain types of n co plastic diseases (lyophom, . of patients,sc lect ion of therapeutic nodal it y,referral of patients,or any other aspect of thc clinical ctudy. l%h was interested on l y:. in. . KO evidence uaa found that NASA had any role in the selection acquiring data f rox adult hum n radiation exposure. . . ,inthe course of his treatment atthe tfcdi'cd Division of Ol'WJ, vac treated kith sever dex par iw n tal proceduree Including irradiation of cx trnc ted bone marrow, subacquent injection Into his not her snd re injection of her semiq into him, as well oo an ex per iw n td total body irradiation in the Jlerlium Exgosure Total Body Ir rad lat or. then trn ns ferr cd to a second facility -- the Lov Exposure Total Body Ty--*lia ror -- for in tc nci vez o,ii to ring of his acute reactions to the Cancer Rescardl C cnt cr,told Gore thac ttie treat il cnt status for lcukenia at the tine was such that any new tr cat ix nt could be tried. problen with tlie tre a en cnt, "it vas a good idea that didn ' t workOD Ecsides th csd cnt if ic and a e dic nl experts testifying on the medical need and acceptability of the tre il tn ents given, f&Fly meulers of other patients testified th ct this facility offered their one last hope for: . savi wa relative and also substantia tcd the quality of good care provided-. . AZtcr the hearing, i n response to questions of rc port crs, Ntert Gore, Jr. stated that he thought that the tcct1c;ony coseriti,dly refuted the chargee This cur ren i lawsuit is based iil .-*e-L..L 3a.z inz ' om ation thoroughly and nde qt tate ly covered in the heorio&!e-