Cancer surgeons at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre have used cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy to treat advanced ovarian cancers. Venkat P., senior consultant surgical oncologist, said robotic surgery was hitherto used to treat prostate and colorectal cancers as they were localised. With most women coming for treatment at an advanced stage of the cancer, where the disease had spread …
The Proton Clinical Research Center at Shandong Cancer Hospital affiliated with Shandong First Medical University has successfully treated more than 300 cancer patients with proton therapy over the past five months and achieved remarkable results. Notably, it has "Precision particle therapies, such as proton therapy, can help treat most childhood cancers, including those in the brain stem," Yu said. But …
Cancer patients in India face twin challenges when it comes to accessing proton beam therapy : there are not enough facilities offering the treatment, and the cost can run into tens of lakhs of rupees. The privately-run Apollo Hospital said on Tuesday that it has treated up to 900 patients in its Chennai-based Proton Cancer Centre, of which 47% of …
Ex-staff partly blame NHS England for what they say is a growing cancer scandal It comes as thousands of people with cancer wait too long to start treatment Former senior staff say the closed centres could help treat 4,000 Brits a month Thousands of Britons are needlessly missing out on crucial cancer diagnoses and treatment because a chain of private …
