Terramed Alliance News Treating Breast Cancer With Adapted Space-Industry Technology


Terramed Alliance News Researchers at Rush University Medical Center and Argonne National Laboratory are collaborating on a study to determine if an imaging technique used by NASA to inspect the space shuttle can be used to predict tissue damage often experienced by breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. The study is examining the utility of three-dimensional thermal tomography in radiation oncology.


Preliminary results from the study are being displayed during the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, being held from November 1 – 5, 2009.

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Vitamins and Cervix Or Prostrate Cancer

Many women will suffer from “female problems”. Some may not be so serious, some life threatening. In the recent past, there has been a sharp reduction of unnecessary surgery due to these illnesses. There were almost a million hysterectomies a year at last count. Only 29 percent because of a threat of cancer, but most were due to problems with menstruation. The majority of these were attributed to those who had recently stopped the use of the birth control pill. **Below are more facts and remedies that can be controlled with Vitamins. Each is packed with information, so please read attentively. **

For many women excessive bleeding can cause anemia, and the cramps can be at the least, debilitating. But there is almost no other problem associated with a woman’s cycles that can’t be corrected by simply getting proper amounts and dosages of the vitamins A and E.

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The Institute Of Cancer Research Receives Environmental Honour

The Institute Of Cancer Research Receives Environmental Honour
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) is pleased to announce that it will be presented with the EcoCampus Bronze Certificate on 3rd February in recognition of its commitment to improve environmental sustainability. EcoCampus is a scheme designed to encourage and provide tools to assist higher educational institutions in creating and maintaining good environmental and management practices. The …

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