Current developments in technology have significantly enhanced modern medicine, providing numerous new tools for diagnosis and treatment of diseases. This has greatly improved patient outcomes, significantly reducing mortality rates and disabilities.
Medical imaging is an essential part of current medical care because medical images help diagnose diseases, determine their stage, and monitor treatment effectively. A highly advanced technology in the medical field of nuclear medicine is the disease diagnosis using PET/CT machines or Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography, which is sometimes shortly referred to as PET.
Radiation therapy employs high-energy radiation or particles to treat cancer in various organs by using the right dose of radiation to kill cancer cells. Each session takes about 10-30 minutes and lasts about 4-7 weeks. Treatment period differs from patient to patient depending on the position, size, stage and type of cancer.
Cancer has long been the leading cause of death among Thai men. The top 5 most common cancers found in men are something that all men should be aware of and take precautions to prevent the disease.
Hematologic cancer or cancer of the blood cells, such as leukemias, lymphomas, and multiple myelomas are on the rise annually.
In the United States, breast cancer is the major cause of cancer deaths among women. Around 9,000 Thai women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year, making it the second leading cause of cancer deaths among Thai women, and numbers continue to rise
Leukemia occurs when white cell precursors undergo malignant transformation into primitive, undifferentiated cells with abnormal proliferation
Breast cancer is caused by cell abnormalities within the mammary glands or milk ducts.
7 steps of exercise to prevent cancer
Cancer is closer than you think. If you don't want to increase the risk of cancer, you must eat the right types of food and avoid the wrong kinds of food.
Although cancer may be a frightening prospect for a majority of people, today several forms and types of cancer are fully treatable.