RADIATION-THERAPY IN SMALL ANIMAL MEDICIN E - PRINCIPLES, INDICATIONSAND SIGNIFICANCE

Authors
KASERHOTZ B FODOR G CORDTRIEHLE I BLATTMANN H MUNKEL G EGGER E LARUE SM SUTER PF
Citation
B. Kaserhotz et al., RADIATION-THERAPY IN SMALL ANIMAL MEDICIN E - PRINCIPLES, INDICATIONSAND SIGNIFICANCE, Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde, 136(10), 1994, pp. 319-328
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde → ACNP
ISSN journal
00367281
Volume
136
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
319 - 328
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-7281(1994)136:10<319:RISAME>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This article describes the general principles of radiation therapy, re views the indications for this treatment modality and discusses the re sponse of tumors and normal tissue to radiation. Radiation modalities and treatment protocols currently available in Switzerland are present ed. Treatments of spontaneous tumors in animals contribute to the deve lopment of radiation therapy in human medicine at the same time.