Hampton University President William Harvey's initial readings of proton therapy for cancer sparked his interest. Within a few months, Dr. Harvey was assigning widely respected Hampton nuclear physicist Dr. Cynthia Keppel to do more exploration. Today, the new $225 million Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute, one of eight therapy sites in…

Progress has been made in the separation of the various components of whole blood, methods of storage, and efficient use of blood components, permitting better management of blood quality in children undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer. (MB)

The document contains the papers presented at the 5th Congress of the World Federation of Hemophilia in Montreal in 1968. Seven papers concern specific therapy of hemophilia, five papers treat nonspecific forms of therapy, seven papers deal with prophylaxis and complications in hemophilia, seven others deal with orthopedic and other surgical…