Cape Town’s Groote Schuur unveils radiation therapy machines for cancer cell destruction
Radiation therapy at Cape Town’s Groote Schuur hospital received a multi-million rand boost with new advanced machinery, including a R47 million linear accelerator, which uses high energy waves to destroy cancer cells. Groote Schuur Hospital sees about 3 000 new cancer patients per year, while it does some 33 000 follow ups annually. Oncology specialists say more than half of the new patients will require radiotherapy as part of their […]
