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Donaustadt Clinic ignites turbo for cancer therapy

The high-precision therapy only takes a few minutes.(Bild: Wiener Gesundheitsverbund/Bernhard Noll)

When cancer is diagnosed, every day often counts. In Vienna, new radiotherapy shortens treatment extremely. Which areas are particularly affected.

It sounds almost strange: due to better immunotherapies, there used to be fewer cases of brain metastases in lung cancer patients. Today, however, they are occurring more and more frequently. Dr. Andrea Reim, Head of Radiotherapy at the Donaustadt Clinic, explains: "People used to die beforehand." They therefore no longer reached this stage of the disease. As a result, the already important treatment of tumors has become even more important.