A report on INTERNSHIP undertaken at Nucletron – An ELEKTA Company Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement For the award of the degree BACHELOR OF COMMERCE (ACOUNTING & FINANCE) BY J.SUBHASHINI – 1101243 Under the guidance of
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Hodgkin’s lymphoma was brung to my attention by a pair of football players that were diagnosed with the disease‚ Kansas City Chiefs elite safety Eric Berry and University of Pittsburgh star running back James Conner. Hodgkin’s lymphoma‚ also known as Hodgkin’s disease‚ is a cancer in part of the immune system‚ and as the cancer progresses‚ it makes it gradually more difficult for the body to fight it. Both of the players afore mentioned have fully recovered from Hodgkin’s lymphoma and are back on
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horrified our society. As of right now if you have it in order to get rid of it you have to take many steps: If diagnosed of cancer here are a few procedures to go through in order to get rid of it‚ either: • Surgery to remove the cancer • Radiation therapy‚ which uses energy to kill cancer cells • Chemotherapy‚ which uses drugs to kill cancer cells Stated above are the three major types of cancer treatment most often used. A more recent graph will be better‚ this is about 4 years from now
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Computers are increasingly being introduced into safety-critical systems and‚ as a consequence‚ have been involved in accidents. Some of the most widely cited software-related accidents in safety-critical systems involved a computerized radiation therapy machine called the Therac-25. Between June 1985 and January 1987‚ six known
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Cervical Cancer is a very complex cancer. It is in the cervix. The cervix is the lower narrow end of the uterus. The cervix connects to the birth canal. Not ever expecting to have a disease‚ you get cervical cancer and begin to look for different treatment options. You have to find a special doctor now‚ a cancer doctor. If found very early‚ it is highly treatable‚ if caught late you can still get treatment‚ just harder to get rid of. The discovery of cancer treatment options have advanced in so many
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where the radiation dose can be delivered more precisely to the tumour. In comparison to 3DCRT‚ the dose can be escalated so that the tumour will receive a higher dose and normal tissues will receive a lower dose. Because 3DCRT does not modulate as precisely to the tumour‚ the patient can be at risk of a large amount of normal tissue receiving a higher dose of radiation. This will result in a lot more toxicities for the patient and conclude that the tumour will receive a lesser dose of radiation. It is
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involves the use of x-rays‚ a form of ionizing radiation‚ CT scan is used to detect and diagnose the presence and recurrence of tumors in human body and also provides the stage of a cancer. Several case studies have shown that CT scan can be effective in both colorectal cancer and lung cancer screening. Exposure to ionizing radiation is caused to increase the risk of cancer. Children may be at higher risk because usually children are more sensitive to radiation than adults and have a longer life expectancy
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A radioisotope is an isotope of an element with different masses‚ whose nuclei are unstable and dissipate excess energy by spontaneously emitting radiation in the form of alpha‚ beta‚ and gamma rays (Radioactive Isotopes‚ 2017). Radioisotopes have many different uses in the real world‚ but some of the most beneficial uses are in the field of medicine. Technetium‚ more specifically technetium-99m‚ is used in tens of millions of medical diagnostic procedures annually‚ making it the most commonly
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Prostate Cancer The prostate is a walnut-sized gland that is involved in the production of semen. It is located below a man’s bladder‚ in front of the rectum. Prostate cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the prostate gland. CAUSES The exact cause of this condition is not known. RISK FACTORS This condition is more likely to develop in: People who are older than 65 years old. African Americans. People who are obese. People with a family history of prostate cancer.
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application of physics concepts‚ theories and methods to medicine. A medical physics department may be based in either a hospital or a university. Clinical medical physicists are often found in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology‚ Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Oncology. However‚ areas of specialty are widely varied in scope and breadth e.g.‚ clinical physiology‚ neurophysiology (Finland)‚ and audiology (Netherlands). In the case of research based university departments‚ the scope is even wider and may
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