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Cobalt Teletherapy Unit

COBALT TELETHERAPY UNIT APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT AU COBALT In 1951 Canadian scientists, here and in London, Ontario opened a new front in the battle against cancer. Through a pioneering partnership,...

COBALT TELETHERAPY UNIT

APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT AU COBALT

In 1951 Canadian scientists, here and in London, Ontario

opened a new front in the battle against cancer. Through a

pioneering partnership, the two teams of physicists,

physicians and engineers, working independently yet

cooperatively, designed the Saskatoon and the Eldorado

(London) cobalt teletherapy units. Both became prototypes for

the first commercially available units, then called "Cobalt

Bombs", which allowed gamma radiation to be focussed

directly on cancerous cells. Decades of effective worldwide

use have proven the dependability of these units.

 

En 1951, des chercheurs canadiens firent une véritable percée

dans la lutte contre le cancer. Un partenariat innovateur

permit a deux équipe multidisciplinaires, ici a Saskatoon et a

London, de conceiver des appareils de traitement au cobalt

permettant de diriger avec précision les rayons gamma sur les

cellules cancéreuses. Ces dispositifs servirent de prototypes

au premier appareil mis en marché : la << bombe au cobalt >>.

Utilisée dans le monde entier pendant des décennies, celle-ci

a démontré son efficacité dans la lutte contre le cancer.

 

Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada

Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada

Government of Canada - Gouvernement du Canada

 

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