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Advanced Technology against Cancer in Cuba |
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Monday, March 12, 2018
Havana.- The Oncological Territorial Center of Holguín, in eastern Cuba, applies advanced technology for the treatment of several types of cancer.
The institution has a piece of equipment to apply high-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy using cobalt 60, which avoids the transfer of patients to other provinces.
According to experts, with this method, the ionizing source used is in contact with the tumor, thus allowing administering a high radioactive dose in a short interval.
In this way, effective treatment is guaranteed in different areas of the body, with minimal exposure to radiation for adjacent healthy tissues.
This new technology can be used in malignant conditions in the oral cavity, the esophagus, nasopharynx, breast, prostate and rectum, although currently only gynecological tumors are treated with it.
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