Media can register now for ESTRO 36 – Europe’s largest congress on radiation oncology
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FDG PET/CT found useful in certain lung cancer patients
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China physicist Wang Yifang awarded 2016 Pontecorvo Prize
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Philadelphia research consortium launched to access research capabilities across region
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Colorectal cancer statistics, 2017
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Single dose of brachytherapy may be an effective treatment for localized prostate cancer
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A fine-tuned microscopy technique offers breakthrough imaging of melanoma
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Quantum entanglement between a single photon and a trillion of atoms
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Jackfruit seeds could help ease looming cocoa bean shortage
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