{"id":12181,"date":"2019-09-13T20:10:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T20:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=275449"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:08","slug":"new-radiation-therapy-wont-leave-breast-cancer-patients-with-unwanted-tattoo-at-treatment-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/new-radiation-therapy-wont-leave-breast-cancer-patients-with-unwanted-tattoo-at-treatment-site\/","title":{"rendered":"New Radiation Therapy Won\u2019t Leave Breast Cancer Patients with Unwanted Tattoo at Treatment Site"},"content":{"rendered":"

Giving tattoos to people undergoing radiation therapy treatment to mark the area to be treated is standard practice in many hospitals, but it might not be for much longer. A new advancement in radiation science will hopefully eliminate the need for these unwanted and permanent markings on cancer patients\u2019 bodies that constantly remind them of the pain of cancer treatment.<\/span>\u201cScars fade, but tattoos don\u2019t, so I am just so pleased I won\u2019t have that visual reminder,\u201d says Amanda Durack<\/a>, who was recently diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. Luckily, Durack will not have to have markers tattooed on her skin for radiation treatment.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Adobe Stock\/Mark Kostich<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>The technology, called AlignRT or surface-guided radiation therapy<\/a>, is currently only available at GenesisCare\u2019s cancer treatment centre at the Mater Hospital in Sydney, Australia. It utilizes a 3D stereoscopic camera to determine the patient\u2019s position before and during radiation therapy to help accurately deliver the dose to the correct place on the body. This system eliminates the need to physically mark the body to ensure precision and accuracy.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Adobe Stock\/jcpjr<\/a><\/span>For many patients with breast cancer and other types of cancer, tattoos are the last thing on their mind, because survival and recovery are first and foremost on their to-do list. However, many patients find that after they\u2019ve survived cancer, it\u2019s painful to see the reminders of the terrifying ordeal etched on their skin every day. The tattoos, which are permanent and undesirable, can make it difficult for patients to return to a feeling of normalcy and confidence after cancer.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Adobe Stock\/Mark Kostich<\/a><\/span>\u201cFor some patients, this will eliminate the added emotional impact of having permanent ink marks, which can be an unwanted reminder of their cancer diagnosis or treatment,\u201d says Dr. Marita Morgia<\/a>, Radiation Oncologist at GenesisCare Mater Hospital.<\/span>Around half of all cancer patients<\/a> will receive radiation therapy as part of their treatment, making it important that the therapy be as comfortable and easy as possible. We can\u2019t wait to see this technology become available around the world to help radiation therapy be accurate without leaving a lasting negative impact on the people it treats. What an amazing invention!<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Share on Facebook<\/a><\/span>
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Giving tattoos to people undergoing radiation therapy treatment to mark the area to be treated is standard practice in many hospitals, but it might not be for much longer. A new advancement in radiation science will hopefully eliminate the need for these unwanted and permanent markings on cancer patients\u2019 bodies that constantly remind them of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44435,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12181\/revisions\/44435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}