CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA

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Abstract
The treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia with roentgen rays is a generally accepted procedure. For many years the local irradiation of the spleen, long bones and other areas of infiltration was the most widely used technic. During the past two decades the method of total body irradiation has gained favor, and many investigators now feel that better control of the disease can be achieved by this procedure. Although cure has not been possible with radiation therapy, studies such as those of Minot and co-workers1have shown that comfortable or useful life may be prolonged. In 1936 it was shown experimentally that when radioactive phosphorus (P32) in the form of sodium mono-hydrogen phosphate was injected into leukemic mice the sites of greatest concentration of the phosphorus atoms were the infiltrated bone marrow and infiltrated soft tissues such as lymph nodes, liver and spleen. Since P32emits beta rays

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