https://www.seppalalab.org/tag/laakarilehti/LääkärilehtiHugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)enFri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.seppalalab.org/media/logo_hu_e3f0d28ad302f75b.pnghttps://www.seppalalab.org/tag/laakarilehti/https://www.seppalalab.org/post/2026-laakarilehti-hdr-tays/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.seppalalab.org/post/2026-laakarilehti-hdr-tays/<p>Tampere University Hospital is the first hospital in Finland to introduce a new radiotherapy method for rectal cancer, in which the radiation dose is targeted directly at the tumor. HDR brachytherapy treatments began in August 2026. So far the method has been used to treat patients for whom no other good options were available.</p> <p>Professor Toni Seppälä hopes that, in the future, the treatment could also benefit patients who wish to avoid major surgery for rectal cancer.</p> <p>Source: Ervasti, A-E. <em>Uusi peräsuolisyövän hoito alkoi Taysissa – osa potilaista voisi tulevaisuudessa välttyä leikkaukselta.</em> Suomen Lääkärilehti 2026;81:e49327.</p> <p><a href="https://www.laakarilehti.fi/kliininen-tyo/uusi-perasuolisyovan-hoito-alkoi-taysissa-osa-potilaista-voisi-tulevaisuudessa-valttya-leikkaukselta/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full article at Lääkärilehti</a> or <a href="article.pdf">from a PDF</a></p>