Ana María Cetto, IAEA's Deputy Director General, Technical Cooperation, discusses how the IAEA helps countries develop the necessary tools to fight cancer.
Set up in 2008 with the IAEA's help, El Salvador's only brachytherapy centre is located within the Cancer Institute "Dr. Narciso Diaz Bazan".
To date, over 1,000 women affected by cancer have received treatment in the centre.
Werner Burkart, IAEA's Deputy Director General, Nuclear Science and Applications, discusses the IAEA's role in improving cancer care and control in the developing world.
IAEA Bulletin Vol. 52-1
| 1 | Did You KnowFacts and figures on the cancer epidemic. | |
| 2 | Facing the ChallengeWerner Burkart, IAEA's Deputy Director General, Nuclear Science and Applications, discusses the IAEA's role in improving cancer care and control in the developing world... Read More | |
| 3 | Partners Saving LivesAna María Cetto, IAEA's Deputy Director General, Technical Cooperation, explains how the IAEA helps countries develop the necessary tools to fight cancer... Read More | |
| 4 | Access to RadiotherapyAt a glance, a global overview of how many people are served by a single radiotherapy centre in their region... Read More |
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| 5 | Affordable Radiation Therapy Saves LivesThe IAEA has launched a new initiative that challenges manufacturers to provide affordable radiotherapy solutions for the developing world... Read More |
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| 6 | An Emerging EpidemicThe IAEA's Dana Sacchetti's personal account of his encounters with patients living with cancer in East Africa... Read More | |
| 7 | Source of Hope
Set up in 2008 with the IAEA's help, El Salvador's only brachytherapy centre is located within the Cancer Institute "Dr. Narciso Diaz Bazan". |