Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Errors in radiation treatment of cancer: News item

Unknown to many, BARC has been, since 1976, rendering a priceless service to radiation therapy centres in India. It ensured that the error in the radiation dose to millions of cancer patients who undergo treatment remained within the clinically acceptable limits of plus or minus 5 per cent of the dose prescribed by radiation oncologists.

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