RE: Cancer treatment question

["Lavera, Ron" <Ron.Lavera@nypa.gov>]

Just a guess, but from what I've read recently, they may be doing things to
change the oxygen content of the tissues ( via blood flow changes ) to
improve the relative effects of the radiation.

Bevalacqua and Cember both have some discussions about the oxygen effect.

Please let me know if you hear anything different.

...   mine and mine alone  ...

Ron LaVera
Lavera.r@nypa.gov

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Scott D Kniffin
[mailto:Scott.D.Kniffin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov]
		Sent:	Wednesday, July 28, 1999 5:12 PM
		To:	Multiple recipients of list
		Subject:	Cancer treatment question

		Hi all, one for the Med people here,

		One of my co-workers is going to be getting radiation
therapy as a follow
		up to cancer surgery and the radiation is to be followed by
about 30 min of
		heat therapy.  I've covered the radiation aspects with this
person, but the
		heat follow up is a bit of a mystery.  The doctor said
something about it
		helping the radiation work better.  Can anyone give me a
more satisfactory
		answer to pass along, please?  

		My gratitude and thanks, as always, 

		Scott Kniffin
		RSO Unisys Federal Systems, Lanham, MD
		CHO Radiation Effects Facility, GSFC, NASA
		mailto:Scott.D.Kniffin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov

		The opinions expressed here are my own. They do not
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		the views of Unisys or NASA.  This material has not been
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