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Radiation Therapy in Early Stage Endometrial Cancer: Update and ...

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<strong>Radiation</strong> <strong>Therapy</strong> <strong>in</strong> Uter<strong>in</strong>e <strong>Cancer</strong><br />

• Long history<br />

• 1st report published <strong>in</strong> 1909<br />

• Heyman (1935) reported a 58.2% 5-yr survival <strong>in</strong><br />

early stage pts with the “Stockholm Method”<br />

(radium pack<strong>in</strong>g)<br />

• Demonstrated curative potential of RT<br />

Heyman <strong>and</strong> Colleagues<br />

Radiumhemmet<br />

(1930s)

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