Word: pancoast
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...causes not directly related to cancer. Doctors feel that the betatron has shown remarkable promise in brain cancer; of six cases treated, only one has died. More apparent is the effect of the betatron's massive doses of high-voltage X rays on a less common malignancy called Pancoast's tumor. This type of cancer eats away the ribs and causes agonizing pain. Both the patients treated got quick relief from pain and they are now back at work. Their affected ribs have grown back...