The second edition ofThe Treatment of Malignant Disease by Radiotherapyis an extension of the very fine text published in 1948. With its numerous illustrations of radium arrangements, drawings, and examples of cases under treatment, the book remains a classic for students and practitioners of radiotherapy. The remarkable contributions of the Manchester system are well presented and remain a standard for radiation therapy, both here and abroad. The latest edition has additional information pertaining to cobalt-60 teletherapy and supervoltage radiation. Also included are references to recently developed methods for using radioactive isotopes. The sections dealing with head and neck cancer and the female genital tract are probably the most useful features of the new edition, and will be the most widely read. The book is concise and the opinions express succinctly the views of the author and his contributors. The author's presentation of the radium dosage system is one
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Charles M. Barrett (1964) studied this question.