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Complete title: amendment of addendum to dna's initial report on baylor university's "influence of total body irradiation. " attachment: transmittal letter from colonel k.l. Mills, iii, usaf deputy director for radiation sciences
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Defense Nuclear Agency MEMORANDUM FOR RADIATION EXPERIMENTS COMMAND CENTER SUBJECT: Baylor University Reports The attached addendum to DNA's initial report on Baylor University documentation reconciles the differences between it and AFR1.950708.001. Changes have been highlighted If there are further questions, please contact Janet Jacewicz, 325-1 154. Deputy Director for
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2. Influence of Total Body Irradiation Baylor University College of Medicine Prior to January 1954 - 31 January 1964 This research was conducted by the Baylor University College of Mdicine, Texas Medical Center and Jefferson Davis Hospital, Houston, Texas. supported by the U.S. Army and appears to have been taken over under the following contracts: The work was initially +e subjects of this research were 112 patients receiving total body irradiation. Most were diagnosed with cancer at the disseminated stage and the period of observation was short. Of the 112 patients, by 1964, 95 had died, 7 were living and 10 were lost to followup. Some of the patients were identified by name, others by initials, and some of the 112 are not yet accounted for. Where data is available, the subjects' ages ran from 16 to 89 with an average in the 60's. About 75% were male and roughly two-thirds were white. '-his case is characterized as "Treatment use of radiation" for disseminated cancer. Radiation source was a Van de Graaf generator. The doses administered were in the range of 50 - 200r with one exposure at data was collected and reported on: clinical observation, iron metabolism, hematophoresis and reported to AFSWP. Currently identified records are the reports submitted to the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project and Defense Atomic Support Agency by the Baylor University College indicate that several reports may be missing. In addition to the cancer treatment information, The results of these observations were There is no record of follow-up. The number of reports would appear to
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Reports held at DNA DASA Final Report Records are in the possession of the DNA technical library, Mrs. Janet Jacewicz, librarian. Ten technical reports, about 3 shelf inches. Records are all unclassified and have no distribution