Observations on the Radium Treatment of Vesical Carcinoma

A review of the position of radium-therapy in 1913 and of the knowledge of this subject acquired by the year 1914.-The discoveries of the relationship of the fibroblast to the control of cancer.-In elaborating the technique for vesical carcinoma, a comparison of the methods of approaching the tumour must be carefully studied, sepsis controlled and the difficulty of determining the sensitiveness of the individual's cell realized.-Possible damage to the ureter and the iliac vessels and other complications of radium applications must also be considered.-It is possible that chemical substances which give off secondary radiations may prove of great assistance in association with radium treatment.-A record is given of twelve cases which have been treated since 1925.