The principal therapeutic modalities in the management of cancer are surgery, radiotherapy, and systemic pharmacological treatment. In Greece two companies have the 91% of the market of radiotherapy machines of five which have presentation.
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The PET-CT market in Greece
The technology itself was developed in the 1990s, with the first prototype PET/CT scanner demonstrated by David Townsend and Ronald Nutt in the mid-1990s. 1998: The first commercial PET/CT scanners were introduced. 1998–1999: Early systems began clinical use, notably from GE Medical Systems and Siemens. 2000s: PET/CT rapidly replaced standalone PET for many oncology applications because it combined metabolic information from PET with anatomical … Continue reading The PET-CT market in Greece
Ακτινοθεραπεία με πρωτόνια: Γνωστή ερευνητικά από το 1946 στη θεραπεία ασθενών με καρκίνο
Κύριο έργο της Ακτινοθεραπευτικής Ογκολογίας είναι η αντιμετώπιση του καρκίνου με όπλο την χορήγηση πολύ υψηλής δόσης ακτινοβολίας σε έναν όγκο, με όσο το δυνατόν μικρότερη επιβάρυνση των γύρω φυσιολογικών ιστών.
