An account of the radium collar and the Finzi Harmer implant.

Abstract

Dr. J. G. Stewart of the Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute in Manchester gave an anecdotal account of two methods which were previously used to radiate laryngeal carcinomata and neck nodes. Both techniques have been superseded by newer irradiation techniques, but in view of their considerable success and historical interest, they are included here. The first paper concerns the radium collar which was used for the treatment of late cases of laryngeal carcinoma, and in particular for cases with neck nodes. The second is a brief account of the Finzi Harmer radium needle implant technique, which was at one time widely used.