News tagged with background radiation

Cheap, safe and radiation-free: Now possible to detect cancer by measuring the elasticity of tumours

As one of the first countries in the world, Norway will be testing a completely new method for detecting cancer. This is done by measuring the elasticity of tumours. The method is called elastography. You ...

Cancer Feb 04, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Gamma rays in background radiation linked to childhood leukaemia

(Medical Xpress) -- A small but statistically significant link between risk of childhood leukaemia and the gamma rays we are all exposed to from our natural environment has been detected in a very large study ...

Cancer Jun 12, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |