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In places where sophisticated machines break down, a modern version of the older cobalt radiotherapy unit, upgraded with image guidance, could treat more people reliably while infrastructure catches up.
Cobalt-60 teletherapy units are mechanically simple, tolerate power instability, and need far less maintenance than linacs, but were abandoned in rich countries because of inferior beam characteristics and source-security concerns. A modernised unit with a multileaf collimator and cone-beam image guidance, with secure source logistics through the IAEA, might deliver adequate conformal treatment for common indications. This is controversial and must be tested rather than assumed.
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Shares Surgery and radiotherapy cure most, get least, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares Surgery and radiotherapy cure most, get least, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares Surgery and radiotherapy cure most, get least, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares Surgery and radiotherapy cure most, get least, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares Surgery and radiotherapy cure most, get least, Most of the world has almost no cancer care, Cervical cancer.
Shares Surgery and radiotherapy cure most, get least, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares Surgery and radiotherapy cure most, get least, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.