35 years of treating cancers affecting women: Johanna Mäenpää has practice at Docrates Cancer Center
By Lotta Mitro
Johanna Mäenpää, Specialist in Gynaecological Oncology, opens her practice at Docrates Cancer Center.
Month: January 2020
New at Docrates and in Finland: Radiotherapy tattoos – a thing of the past
By Lotta Mitro
Docrates Cancer Center has successfully adopted the new AlignRT positioning system. Thanks to the system, the tattoo marks that have traditionally been used for positioning patients in radiotherapy have become a thing of the past. According to Medical Physicist Timo Kiljunen at Docrates Cancer Center, getting rid of the tattoos is a significant step for … Continued
Does prostate cancer radiotherapy cause bladder or colorectal cancer?
When radiotherapy is administered, there is a risk that a secondary cancer emerges. By secondary cancer, we mean here a cancer which may result from radiotherapy. When the prostate is radiated, the closest healthy tissues are the urinary bladder and intestines and, therefore, the concern is whether cancer can especially develop in this area over … Continued
Docrates Cancer Center started radiotherapy treatments with the new TrueBeam linear accelerator
Docrates Cancer Center started radiotherapy treatments with the new TrueBeam linear accelerator.