Cancer treatment with proton therapy at ACTREC Kharghar soon
Tata Memorial Centre's Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) at Kharghar is awaiting approval from the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) so they can use proton therapy for better cancer treatment outcomes.
The installation of three gantries for this technology has been completed and its clinical commission is underway.
Proton therapy is a type of external beam radiation that uses protons rather than x-rays to painlessly kill cancer cells by penetrating through the skin. Positively charged protons can destroy cancer cells more efficiently at high energy.
Read more about Proton therapy and details of ACTREC's project here
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City to witness less rainfall this week
Mumbaikars, the temperatures may go up slightly as the city will be seeing lesser rainfall in the week. IMD says intensity of monsoon will reduce in next five days.
However, it says that this is not the retreat of monsoon as new favourable systems can form over the next week which can result in good rains.
IMD official Sushma Nair said, the intensity of rainfall will reduce over the next five days as the ‘depression’ has moved towards areas which are not favourable for monsoon over Mumbai.
“Though the city will have less rains in the coming week, around August 19 we expect some favourable conditions which can mostly result in good rainfall, ” she added.
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