Abstract
X-radiation remains the treatment of choice in most cases of leukemia and lymphoma, but new agents are playing an increasing role in therapy. Radioactive phosphorus does not produce radiation sickness and results with it are comparable to those of x-ray therapy in chronic leukemia. Urethane and nitrogen mustard may produce remissions in patients with chronic leukemia who have become resistant to radiation. Triethylene melamine may be administered orally with nitrogen mustard-like effects and is undergoing further trial. Aminopterin, ACTH and cortisone often cause short remissions in acute leukemia. Urethane is the best treatment available for multiple myeloma. Polycythemia vera is well controlled by radioactive phosphorus combined with venesection. Nitrogen mustard is often effective and triethylene melamine shows promise in Hodgkin's disease. Antianemic substances such as iron and liver extract are of no value in the treatment of anemia caused by leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
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