Progress during the first year of operation of the Batho Biomedical Facility at TRIUMF, October 1976
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: The Batho Biomedical Facility at the TRIUMF accelerator is dedicated to an investigation of the efficacy of pion radiation for the clinical management of malignant disease. It has been constructed by the B.C. Cancer Foundation with financial assistance from the Health Resources Fund - under which it has been designated a Health Project of National Significance. A preclinical research programme designed to provide an adequate scientific base from which to initiate treatment is currently in progress, funded by the National Cancer Institute of Canada. Clinical investigation and patient trials will be conducted in collaboration with the Cancer Control Agency of British Columbia, which is responsible for all the management of malignant disease by radiation in the Province.
Source: Open Collections
DOI: 10.14288/1.0107811
Authors: Henkelman, R. Mark, Lam, K. Y., Harrison, R. W., Shortt, Kenneth Robert, 1947-, Poon, Michael Nai-Chiu, Lang, H., Jaggi, B. W, Palcic, B., Skarsgard, L. D.
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2336799853