Cancer hope; IN BRIEF.A BRITON has become one of the first in the UK to undergo an advanced form of radiotherapy for inoperable inoperable /in·op·er·a·ble/ (in-op´er-ah-b'l) not susceptible to treatment by surgery. in·op·er·a·ble adj. Unsuitable for a surgical procedure. cancer. Robert Ferrant was given just a few months to live after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer pancreatic cancer Malignant tumour of the pancreas. Risk factors include smoking, a diet high in fat, exposure to certain industrial products, and diseases such as diabetes and chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatic cancer is more common in men. , which has also struck Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze. CyberKnife - also reportedly used by Swayze - shoots hundreds of beams of radiation at difficult-to-reach tumours. It moves with the patient's breathing, meaning it can target tumours deemed inoperable due to their close proximity to major blood vessels. |
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