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Sun Nuclear Introduces SunSCAN 3D, Next-Generation Cylindrical Water Scann
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], May 3 (ANI/PR Newswire): Sun Nuclear Corporation (Sun Nuclear), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mirion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: MIR) ("Mirion"), today announced the release of the SunSCAN™ 3D cylindrical water scanning system for linear accelerator (linac) commissi
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Zeiss Medical Technology introduces ground-breaking INTRABEAM 600 device i
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI/ATK): Zeiss Medical Technology, a global leader both in ophthalmology and microsurgery, has introduced INTRABEAM 600 device to provide Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT) in India. INTRABEAM 600, Zeiss Meditec's IORT device offers the least disruptive tre
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Study finds treatment for a rare secondary cancer in children
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): Pediatric radiation-induced high-grade gliomas (RIGs) is a specific type of brain tumour caused by cranial radiation therapy for other cancers, most often brain cancers. Researchers are looking for ways to prevent RIGs from forming, as well as methods to
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Kauvery Hospital successfully treats senior citizen with skin cancer radia
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Skin cancers fall into two major categories: melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers. Non-melanoma skin cancer is of two kinds: Squamous cell carcinoma (cancer that affects skin areas exposed to sunlight, and some cases non exposed ar
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Study shows patient on ketogenic diet living fully with IDH1-mutant gliobl
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 11 (ANI): A British man who rejected the standard of care to treat his brain cancer has lived with the typically fatal glioblastoma tumour growing very slowly after adopting a ketogenic diet, providing a case study that researchers say reflects the benefits of using the
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Researchers develop personalized, 3D printed shields to protect patients d
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], April 22 (ANI): In a new paper, a team of investigators describe efforts to develop a new personalized, 3D-printed device intended to shield patients who are undergoing radiation therapy and prevent radiation-induced toxicity.
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Homeopathic protocols of Dr. Kalyan Banerjee's Clinic, one of the safest a
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): Homoeopathy has emerged to be one of the safest alternative treatment for patients of cancer, being free of side-effects and not interfering with the action of any other medication and at Dr Kalyan Banerjee's Clinic, cancer specific treatment pro
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Researchers find schizophrenia drug combined with radiation shows promise
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 2 (ANI): A recent study has suggested that adding a drug once commonly used to treat schizophrenia to traditional radiation therapy helped improve overall survival in mice with glioblastoma, one of the deadliest and most difficult-to-treat brain tumours.
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Researchers develop new gel-based nanosensor for radiation dose monitoring
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 22 (ANI): Researchers have developed a new gel-based nanosensor for radiation dose monitoring that is cost-effective and easy to read, and which can be used on the skin.
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Researchers find quick, better radiation therapy for cancer patients
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Philadelphia [USA], Jan 11 (ANI): A new development in medical science will make it possible for cancer patients to undergo an entire course of radiation treatment in less than a second, rather than over several weeks.
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Scientists working towards delivering full course of radiation therapy in
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Philadelphia [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): The days are near when cancer patients would go through the whole course of radiation treatment in less than a second, rather than receiving doses over many weeks.
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Proton therapy for cancer significantly reduces risk of severe side effect
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Philadelphia [USA], Dec 27 (ANI): Proton therapy, as it turns out, has fewer side effects on cancer patients when compared to the traditional radiation treatment. While the cure rates of both the treatment methods are almost similar, radiation leads to much more frequent unplanned hospitalis
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