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Calgary’s New Radiopharmaceutical Hub | Calgary News
Calgary is set to get its own radiopharmaceutical centre and cyclotron — a game-changer for cancer care in southern Alberta. Currently, these life-saving treatments are produced in Edmonton, but the three-and-a-half-hour drive leads to costly waste of short-lived isotopes. The new facility, right beside the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, will slash delivery time and boost access to precision therapies like theranostics — targeting cancers with pinpoint accuracy to spare healthy tissue. What started as a clinical trial is now poised to become standard care across the province, bringing cutting-edge…
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