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Doctor reviewing a radiation treatment plan. In radiotherapy, radiation treatment planning (RTP) is the process in which a team consisting of radiation oncologists, radiation therapist, medical physicists and medical dosimetrists plan the appropriate external beam radiotherapy or internal brachytherapy treatment technique for a patient with cancer.
Despite significant progress in the treatment of certain forms of cancer (such as childhood leukemia [2]), cancer in general remains a major cause of death half a century after this war on cancer began, [3] leading to a perceived lack of progress [4] [5] [6] and to new legislation aimed at augmenting the original National Cancer Act of 1971.
Walter Cannon began his career in science as a Harvard undergraduate in the year 1892. Henry Pickering Bowditch, who had worked with Claude Bernard, directed the laboratory in physiology at Harvard. Here Cannon began his research: he used the newly discovered x-rays to study the mechanism of swallowing and the motility of the stomach.
Thompson's laboratory undertakes basic research in the fields of cancer biology and immunology. This research has helped advance the understanding and deployment of immunotherapy to treat cancer. Thompson has studied how genes regulate apoptosis and metabolism, and investigated their application in treating cancer. [2]
Bradford Cannon (December 2, 1907 – December 20, 2005), the son of Dr. Walter Bradford Cannon, was a pioneer in the field of reconstructive surgery, specialising in burn victims. He was the first chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and is credited with saving the lives of thousands of soldiers maimed ...
Rep. Bennie Thompson, the former chairman of the Jan. 6 committee, leaving the U.S. Capitol on July 20, 2023 Credit - Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
This was also the first time the size of the trust was revealed in the court battle between Atrium Health and Cannon Mills heirs. Twist ending in battle for $17 million NC textile fortune. There ...
The TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors (TNM) is a globally recognised standard for classifying the anatomical extent of the spread of malignant tumours (cancer). It has gained wide international acceptance for many solid tumor cancers, but is not applicable to leukaemia or tumors of the central nervous system .