Hundreds of cancer patients get tattoo-free treatment
Correspondent, BBC East Midlands Today
Since July 2021, 1,200 breast cancer patients have been treated with the system and, since January 2023, around 100 patients with lung and oesophageal cancer.'A lasting thing'She was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer four days before her 30th birthday."It is not an easy thing to go through," she said.
"There are so many little, tiny traumas you go through when you are a cancer patient and to be able to have one less is good. Targeted in the right area, radiotherapy kills cancer cells. It also destroys healthy cells, but these have the ability to recover and regenerate. The radiotherapy has to be aimed at exactly the right place and that is where tattoos often come in.This is the same technique used in a conventional tattoo parlour. The reason the marks are made is to line up the radiotherapy machine and make sure the radiation targets the correct area.
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