An outline of the history of radiotherapy at the Institute of Oncology in Ljubljana from its beginning till 1980s

Abstract

Background. The article presents the milestone events in the history of radiotherapy at the Institute of Oncology since its establishment till 1980s. It reviews the facts deduced from various jubilee publications, seminar reports and staff interviews of the Institute of Oncology. The aim of the article is to present the chronological history of radiotherapy at the Institute of Oncology, and to supplement the fragmented and incomplete records written in the past.

Conclusions. Available records are occasionally discrepant, but the most significant events in the history of the Institute of Oncology and its Radiotherapy Ward can nevertheless be ascertained.