Radiotherapy is part of the treatment of some types of cancer. Dr. Anica Andrei, radiation therapy specialist, tells us what is radiation therapy guided by surface imaging: when it is indicated and what benefits it has. 1. What is surface imaging-guided radiation therapy? Surface Image-Guided Radiotherapy (SGRT) is an increasingly used technique that uses stereo … Read more
Following the previous article that mentioned Xiaojing’s anti-cancer story, she and I are about to have a fateful intersection on the road to anti-cancer. After being discharged from the hospital, we still kept in touch. In fact, Xiaojing and I were not only similar in age, but also had similar personalities and interests. (Readers who … Read more
The use of existing, less expensive drugs, before the application of chemoradiation, can reduce by 35% the risk of death from cervical cancer in women, shows a recent study. The discovery, presented recently at a conference held by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), represents a crucial achievement in the treatment of this type … Read more
Preta Gil shared with her Instagram followers this Sunday afternoon, the 23rd, another update on her health status. The singer, who is fighting bowel cancer and was recently hospitalized due to septic shock, caused by a bacteria that entered her body, revealed that she is fine and that her doctors indicated the beginning of radiotherapy. … Read more
Viterbo – He was also a member of the provincial executive council of the Italian League for the fight against cancer Viterbo – Belcolle – Luciano Pompei Viterbo – The doctor Luciano Pompei, former director of radiotherapy and of the oncohematological department of Belcolle has died. Luciano Pompei, former director of the Radiotherapy service of … Read more
Figure 2: The patient works with his mouth to bite the breathing tube, hook the nasal clip, and wear refracting glasses. (Photo provided by Wang Shenghong) — Text / Wang Shenghong Ms. Chen is 32 this year. She was diagnosed with left breast cancer in situ a month and a half ago. After breast preservation … Read more
A male patient with frequent nasal congestion was diagnosed with stage III nasopharyngeal cancer. (Photo taken from freepik) — [Health Channel/Rapporto completo]When a couple in their 30s received a health check, they both opted for nasopharyngeal endoscopy.The result was that the man who often had nasal congestion was palpated by a doctor and found there … Read more
The intraoperative radiotherapy has become the new tool launched by the Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital in Murcia for the treatment of breast cancer. Thanks to this method, the patient leaves the operating room with the area to be treated already irradiated, without having to subsequently undergo external radiotherapy. This is just one example of … Read more
In 36 months, Côte d’Ivoire will have its second national center for radiotherapy and medical oncology (Cnrom) in the historic town of Grand-Bassam. For a cost of just over 82 billion CFA francs. Prime Minister Patrick Achi laid, on Thursday, March 3, the first stone of this establishment, the fruit of Ivorian-Korean cooperation. But above … Read more