Radiation has been used in the treatment of prostate cancer for nearly a century. Following Roentgen' s discovery of the X-ray in 1895 (96) , and the isolation of radium by Pierre and Marie Curie in 1898 (21) , several physicians began treating prostate disorders, including prostate cancer...
Said Prof Ngwenya: "When they break down, we have to fly in engineers from South Africa. They're very sensitive machines. Whenever there are power outages and such other disturbances, the risk of breakdown is heightened. What we really need is serious investment in our cancer treatment regime...
Practice-changing radiation therapy trials for the treatment of cancer: where are we 150 years after the birth of Marie Curie? Mareike K. Thompson, Philip Poortmans, Anthony J. Chalmers, Corinne Faivre-Finn, Emma Hall, Robert A. Huddart, Yolande Lievens, David Sebag-Montefiore & ...
Linear accelerators, commonly referred to as LINACs, are currently the most common technology used in radiation treatments. These machines generate beams of high-energy electrons and X-rays that can be aimed at cancer tissue with precision. The high energy of these beams allows in-depth penetratio...
The machines at Mpilo's cancer unit for radiotherapy had broken down due to overuse following another breakdown of machines at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare. Mpilo and Parirenyatwa hospitals are the only specialised centres for radiotherapy treatment in Zimbabwe. ...
There are different types of external beam radiation therapy treatment. They include: 3D Conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) 3DCRT is now a very common in radiation therapy as beams are shaped by the MLC to closely fit the area of the cancer. Image guided radiotherapy (IGRT) The Linac machines ...
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The cost of radiation treatment in 1985 at an Ontario regional cancer centre accruing 2500 new patients annually was examined. The radiation treatment department was equipped with three high-energy treatment machines, a treatment simulator and a treatment planning computer and was appropriately staffed....
Enhanced Safety for Advancing Cancer Therapy Technology Methods for delivery of radiation oncology treatment are continuously changing and advancing. To…
It's why gamma rays, for example, are good at killing cancer cells through radiation treatment. Ionizing radiation is given off by radioactive material, very high-voltage equipment, nuclear reactions and stars. It's both natural and man-made. A natural source of ionizing radiation is radon, ...