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Advances in Cancer Therapy

Lalith Kumaraswamy, PhD, DABR, discusses advances in cancer therapy. There are recent advances in cancer therapy that show some promise for certain type of cancers.  But we need to understand the challenges we face with current traditional therapies.  In this talk, we will explore the current most common treatments for certain types of cancers and learn how cancer becomes resistant to these therapies.  New treatments and how scientists and clinicians are approaching cancer treatments and help patients live longer will be discussed in this presentation.   

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Lalith Kumaraswamy PhD, DABR.

Lalith Kumaraswamy PhD, DABR

Assistant Professor
Staff Physicist, Department of Radiation Medicine
Director, Quality Assurance Program Department of Radiation Medicine

Patient imaging plays a crucial role in Radiation therapy. Using an Electronic Portal Imaging Device to capture images during treatments permits clinicians not only to track tumor motion, but also could be utilized to modify subsequent ...

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