MEDIA ADVISORY - Radiation Therapy Saves Lives Everyday in Canada

VANCOUVER, Sept. 16 /CNW/ - September 22 - 25, 2010, Canada's leading radiation therapy clinicians and scientists gather in Vancouver at Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO-ACRO) national Annual Scientific Meeting.

Stories developed to improve public, cancer patients' and their families' understanding of radiation treatment for cancer, all in full at: www.caro-acro.ca, click on 2010 ASM Newsroom - hyperlinked here:

    
    -   CARO-ACRO Newsroom Resource List
    -   CARO-ACRO 2010 ASM Photo & Illustration Folder
    -   Wonders of Physics in Radiation Therapy
    -   Radiation Therapy Myth Buster - 2010
    -   Behind Each Patient: The Radiation Therapy Team
    -   Gold Nanoparticles - investigated to enhance radiation therapy
    -   C-PQR Announcement - Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) Funds
        National Project: Quality Program in Radiation Therapy
    -   Patient Information Booklet about Radiation Therapy
    

While 50 per cent of cancer patients will benefit from radiation treatment, only 33 per cent are receiving it in some Canadian regions.

For further information: Media Contact: Ann Gibbon, 604.263.0634, Mobile: [phone], [email protected]