Radiation
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9-year-old Alberta girl faces rare form of eye cancerIn December, Shanelle Meneen was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer not often seen in such a young patient. She will travel to Florida in a couple of months for more treatment.HealthMar 19, 2023
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Nova Scotia Health says new technology will ‘modernize’ and improve cancer careThe new Oncology Transformation Project (OTP) is bringing together key oncology information systems to create a single access point for cancer patients and their care teams.HealthFeb 17, 2023
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Alberta-made Linac-MR machine combining MRI and radiation could revolutionize cancer treatmentsThe Linac-MR is being hailed a medical breakthrough that can do an MRI and radiation at the same time — providing the world's most advanced radiation therapy for cancer tumours.HealthFeb 4, 2023
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Missing radioactive capsule found on side of highway in Western AustraliaIt is believed that the capsule, which contains a small quantity of radioactive Caesium-137, fell from a delivery truck during transport from a desert mine.TrendingJan 30, 2023
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Breast cancer survivor calls for access to routine mammograms for all Canadian women in their 40s'Eighty per cent of women who get breast cancer have no family history ... so we can't restrict it to just women with a family history,' said Dr. Jane Seely of The Ottawa Hospital.HealthNov 3, 2022
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Canadian impacted by Chornobyl worries about another potential nuclear disaster in UkraineAlla Guelber came to Canada with her family when she was a young girl in the 1990s from Belarus. Shortly after Chornobyl, they visited Ukraine, not far from the nuclear plant.CanadaMar 24, 2022
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Russia says Chernobyl, Zaporizhzhia nuclear plants being run by Ukrainian staffUkraine had warned of an increased risk of a radiation leak from Chernobyl if its high-voltage power line, damaged in fighting, was not repaired.WorldMar 12, 2022
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New radiation drug shows improved survival in prostate cancer patientsFew such drugs are approved now, but the approach may become a new way to treat patients with other hard-to-reach or inoperable cancers.HealthJun 3, 2021
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Alberta nurse with terminal breast cancer accepted into U.S. clinical trialRegistered nurse Shayla Wishloff was ready to dedicate her life to caring for others. Now she has Stage 4 breast cancer and hopes a U.S. clinical trial can save her life.CanadaApr 29, 2021
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Peterborough Regional Health Centre reopens radiation treatment facility after upgradesDuring the fall and early winter, cancer patients travelled to Oshawa for treatment while upgrades continued at PRHC.HealthJan 13, 2021
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