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Prostate therapy that can HALVE side effects and promises to revolutionise treatment for thousands of men could be in use within months. The new technique involves ‘intensity modulated’ radiotherapy – in which the radiation is shaped around other parts of the body. The radiologists also inject the prostate with tiny pieces of gold – which show up on scans – to make sure they hit the tumour. Read more.
How deadly heart condition can be cured... with a single five-minute blast of lung cancer therapy. The unlikely remedy involves beaming radiotherapy, used for nearly a century to kill tumours, into the chest to banish a potentially fatal ailment which makes the heart beat up to three times faster than normal. Read more.
Side-stepping Side Effects with State-of-the-Art Radiotherapy. A major clinical trial has shown that changing the way radiotherapy is delivered could significantly reduce the side effects associated with radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer. Read more.
From Emergency to Expansion: With IAEA Support, Uganda Recovers and Improves its Radiotherapy Services. In early 2016, the sole functioning radiotherapy machine in Uganda broke down, leaving 40 million people in this East African country without access to this life-saving treatment. Read more.
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