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  • TOP PROTON THERAPY CENTER BEING OPENED IN THE HEART OF EUROPE

    TOP PROTON THERAPY CENTER BEING OPENED IN THE HEART OF EUROPE

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    Prague, 12 December 2012

    TOP PROTON THERAPY CENTER BEING OPENED IN THE HEART OF EUROPE

    From December 2012, oncological patients can access proton therapy in a brand new Proton Therapy Center Czech which has just opened in Prague. It is only a fifth center in Europe and currently the best equipped center in the world. The facility is going to attract child and adult cancer patients from throughout the world who are seeking advanced cancer care with few treatment-related side effects.

    Launching its first fixed-beam treatment room, the center is going to treat prostate and brain cancer this year. With launching another four treatment rooms, it will soon start treating head and neck tumors, child cancer, lung cancer, eye melanoma or pancreatic cancer; this means indications that are difficult to treat by conventional radiotherapy. The benefits for the patients are mainly lower damage of healthy tissue, less side effects and complications and better chances of cure. Ability to precisely irradiate only the tumor with the highest possible dose is what makes proton therapy a revolutionary form of cancer treatment.

    The center provides the necessary comfort for international patients, including English and Russian speaking medical personnel. There are patient managers who help facilitating medical visas, medical documentation and made to measure services for foreign patients. The center provides full entry examinations and diagnostic methods including PET/CT scanning.It also employs international specialists in medical physics and radiation oncology such as the former medical director of the Rinecker Proton Therapy Center in Munich, Germany. “The goal of the Czech center is to maximize the curability in the shortest time possible by applying maximal treatment dose, “ saysProfessor Dr. Herbst.


    ABOUT PROTON THERAPY CENTER CZECH
    Proton Therapy Center Czech is a privately owned and operated cancer center that relies on the power of proton beams to cure cancers with minimal treatment-related side effects. The center operates in cooperation with the public hospitals and clinics of the Czech Republic and other proton therapy centers abroad both already running (RPTC Pennsylvania, UFPTI Jacksonville) and being prepared (University of Uppsala Sweden, PTC Holland, Krakow). With the idea of making the treatment available to the largest number of patients PTC Czech has already started preparing patient programs with the leading oncological centers in Europe, Asia and Africa. Website: http://en.ptc.cz/

    Press contact: Jana Kulhankova, Ph.D., jana.kulhankova@ptc.cz

  • Mesothelioma – Rare cancer in central Turkey wipes out half of three villages

    Mesothelioma – Rare cancer in central Turkey wipes out half of three villages

    ISTANBUL, TURKEY (BNO NEWS) — Half of the deaths in a small Turkish village located in its central region have been caused by a rare type of cancer, mesothelioma, local officials said Friday.

    Turkey’s Cappadocia region, located for the most part within Nevsehir Province, includes Tuzkoy village, which is home to a mineral that is found in abundance in the area that causes the rare cancer. As a result, it has killed half the people in Tuzkoy and two surrounding villages.

    Murat Tuncer, from the Health Ministry’s department that fights cancer, said the number of cases of mesothelioma cancer in Tuzkoy has been about 600 to 800 times higher than world standards.

    Several hundred villagers have been diagnosed with this cancer since 1980 when the information about this cancer was confirmed by authorities. According to reports, 48 percent of all death in the three villages have been caused by mesothelioma.

    According to medical experts, cancer victims have inhaled fibers of the mineral erionite in stones and paints used for building homes. The mineral is found in volcanic rocks classified as Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency on Cancer Research.

    Mayor Umit Balak said authorities plan on demolishing the village, bury it with earth and plant over it as local officials have been alarmed by the disease, prompting a relocation of the residents. However, a final decision has not been made.

    Tuzkoy, with a total population of 2,350, was declared a hazardous zone in 2004 and around 250 families moved a 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) away, to new housing. The rest are expected to move when additional homes are ready, in a project subsidized by the state

    The region is touristically known for its picturesque pillars, which were carved into houses, churches, and monasteries, formed millions of years ago by ancient volcanoes. The Göreme Open Air Museum is one of the most visited sites in the area, and includes 30 rock-carved churches and chapels hundreds of years old.

    via Mesothelioma – Rare cancer in central Turkey wipes out half of three villages.

  • Village Ravaged by Cancer in Turkey’s Cappadocia

    Village Ravaged by Cancer in Turkey’s Cappadocia

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    In Turkey’s Cappadocia, a village has been ravaged by cancer linked to a mineral found in the earth. There are plans to move all of the residents and raze the old houses in the community. (Nov. 4)