. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation . Figure I.—Cancer of the tong-iie, one and one-half incheslong and one inch wide. Was electro coagulated,after iniecting procaine. Fifty millig-ramB, in five needleswere inserted, through the base of the burnt tissue andleft five hours. At the end of two months, completelyhealed. Figure II.—Cancer of the lip, with some thickening ofthe glands of the neck. Heavy x-ray treatments overthe lymphatics of the neck, with electro coagulation andInsertion of radium, needles. Complete recovery. 265 RADIUM .NEEDLES IN TREATMENT OF CANCER—BOWEN. If ^ £-■
. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation . Figure I.—Cancer of the tong-iie, one and one-half incheslong and one inch wide. Was electro coagulated,after iniecting procaine. Fifty millig-ramB, in five needleswere inserted, through the base of the burnt tissue andleft five hours. At the end of two months, completelyhealed. Figure II.—Cancer of the lip, with some thickening ofthe glands of the neck. Heavy x-ray treatments overthe lymphatics of the neck, with electro coagulation andInsertion of radium, needles. Complete recovery. 265 RADIUM .NEEDLES IN TREATMENT OF CANCER—BOWEN. If ^ £-■ Ir ■* -. —V ■ Figure III.—Cancer extending throuifh the cheek. Therewas a growth on the iu=ide of the cheek, similar to butonly about one-third as large as that on the the inside and the outside were treated by electrocoagulation burning the tissue down. Radium needleswere then inserted, as shown above Healin? took placewithout perforation. At no time was there any openingthrough the cheek. Figure IV.—Extensive involvement of the lower lid,extending back into the orbit. Tissue was thoroughlydestroyed by electro coagulation and curretted milligrams, in seven needles were evenly dis-tributed throughout the tissue. Z*ater it was foundnecessary to enucleate the eye, patient doing nicely atthe present time. to injure the normal tissue beyond itsability to recover. The one tissue which stands in ourway more than any other in the treat-ment of this disease is the skin. It iswell known that some cancer cells re-quire more radiation to kill them
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