Novel Approach In Radiation Therapy Spares Healthy Tissue, Could Improve Cancer Treatment, Thomas Jefferson University Study

Physorg.com -- Medical physicists at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center have demonstrated a new real-time tumor tracking technique that can help minimize the amount of radiation delivered to surrounding healthy tissue in a patient—up to 50 percent less in some cases—and maximize the dose the tumor receives

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