Radiation therapy

Radiation was detected about 2.5 kilometres from residential buildings in the city of Khabarovsk, without residents having been exposed

There has always been chatter about how cellphones affect our health in general especially when it comes to the potentially harmful effects of radiation

A pioneering study conducted by cardiologists and radiation oncologists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis unveils the potential use of radiation therapy, traditionally employed against cancer, to address ventricular tachycardia in patients suffering from a fatal irregular heart rhythm.

The first phase of construction of Istanbul University's Medical Faculty's new campus, planned as one of the significant healthcare bases in the country, will be completed in 2024, the faculty dean has announced.

In the early hours on January 22, Kozloduy nuclear power plant (situated on the Danube River in northwestern Bulgaria) shut down Unit 5 after a protection system was activated following a routine technical operation.

Power plant representatives are firm there is no accident. The protection system was activated during a routine operation.

Mayor of Timisoara municipality Nicolae Robu has announced on Tuesday that they received the feasibility study for the construction of the first oncology centre for personalised therapy in eastern Europe, which will be built at the "Victor Babes" Hospital, where both lung tumors and tumors of other metastasis organs will be treated, and the municipality is ready to start the works as soon as po

The government on Tuesday announced plans to reduce the value-added tax on medicines and treatments used to fight cancer.

The changes have been submitted to Parliament in the form of a legal amendment by the Finance Ministry, in coordination with the Health Ministry, spokesman Stelios Petsas told a weekly press briefing in Athens.

The government on Tuesday announced plans to reduce the value-added tax on medicines and treatments used to fight cancer.

The changes have been submitted to Parliament in the form of a legal amendment by the Finance Ministry, in coordination with the Health Ministry, spokesman Stelios Petsas told a weekly press briefing in Athens.

The first oncology centre for personalised therapy in eastern European Union will be built over the next two years at the Victor Babes Infectious Disease Hospital in Timisoara, where both lung tumours and metastatic cancer will be treated.

Cancer patients needing radiotherapy treatment must wait up to three weeks for treatment at Attica's public hospitals due to understaffing, doctors say, noting that lives could be saved with the hiring of just 25 technicians.