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  2. StemRad - Wikipedia

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    StemRad is an Israeli-American start-up company that develops and manufactures personal protective equipment (PPE) against ionizing radiation.Its first product was the 360 Gamma, a device that protects the user's pelvic bone marrow from gamma radiation. [1]

  3. This teenager's invention could revolutionize radiation ...

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    Upon conducting more research, Butson decided to create a malleable metallic shield — what she now calls the SMART (Scale Maille Armour for Radiation Therapy) Armour — that breast cancer ...

  4. Intraoperative radiation therapy - Wikipedia

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    The radiation which is produced by low-energy mobile radiation systems has a limited range. For this reason, conventional walls are regarded sufficient to stop the radiation scatter produced in the operating room and no extra measures for radiation protection are necessary. This makes IORT accessible for more hospitals.

  5. Radiation protection - Wikipedia

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    When the intensely ionizing particles found in space strike human tissue, it can result in cell damage and may eventually lead to cancer. The usual method for radiation protection is material shielding by spacecraft and equipment structures (usually aluminium), possibly augmented by polyethylene in human spaceflight where the main concern is ...

  6. Radiation protection of patients - Wikipedia

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    Radiation emitted by radioisotopes or radiation generators is utilized in therapy for cancer or benign lesions and also in interventional procedures using fluoroscopy. There has been a tremendous increase in the use of ionizing radiation in medicine during recent decades and health professionals and patients are concerned about the harmful ...

  7. High-dose proton radiation could shorten breast cancer ... - AOL

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    Proton beam therapy has been shown to be just as effective as traditional chemotherapy, with fewer side effects and less treatment time.

  8. Targeted intra-operative radiotherapy - Wikipedia

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    When breast cancer is surgically excised, it can come back (local recurrence) in the remaining breast or on the chest wall in a small proportion of women. Adjuvant radiotherapy is necessary if breast cancer is treated by removing only the cancerous lump with a rim of surrounding normal tissue, as it reduces the chance of local recurrence.

  9. Therac-25 - Wikipedia

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    The Therac-25 is a computer-controlled radiation therapy machine produced by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) in 1982 after the Therac-6 and Therac-20 units (the earlier units had been produced in partnership with Compagnie générale de radiologie (CGR) of France).

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