Thursday 30 March 2017

LED scanner reveals radiotherapy damage

Long-term skin damage following radiotherapy could be predicted using a LED-based scanner, according to The University of California Irvine Beckman Laser Institute (BLI). Radiotherapy is sometimes used to eradicate cancer cells that might have survived surgery or chemotherapy, in breast cancer patients, for example. A side-effect of this radiation is long-term damage in the skin. ...

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from Electronics Weekly http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/led-scanner-reveals-radiotherapy-damage-2017-03/

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