Breast Cancer
First Breast Cancer Patients in Europe to be Treated
Published in Medical Imaging Week, March 20th, 2010
Today the first patients in Europe are to receive treatment for breast cancer using a revolutionary system called AccuBoost. The Italian hospital where the patients are being treated is using the technology to pinpoint the tumour bed and treat it whilst still protecting the patient's healthy surrounding tissue and organs. This is made possible by the system combining real-time mammographic image guidance and non-invasive use of a radiotherapy technique called brachytherapy.
Professor Roberto Orecchia; Director of the Division of Radiotherapy, is leading the use of the new system at the Istituto Europeo di Oncologia in Milan and explained: 'When the patient is treated...
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Source: Medical Imaging Week (2010-03-20)
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