CERN in Medicine

CERN has played an important role in Medicine, especially to the diagnosis and
treatment of the patients.

In particular, as far as diagnosis is concerned, detectors are used so as to have an

accurate Medical illustration, such as tomography PET. In the field of treatment, the detectors
and the accelerators of CERN have contributed a lot to the confrontation of cancer. 60.000
patients worldwide have recovered by using the cancer treatment with Hadrons. Also, the
accelerators are used to sterilise the medical equipment.

All the above show how important the contribution of CERN’s detectors and accelerators
is.
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https://home.cern/news/news/knowledge-sharing/using-cern-magnet-technology-innovative-cancer-treatment
our resources: https://home.cern/tags/medical-applications
www.kathimerini.gr/820015/gallery/epikairothta/episthmh/to-cern-apo-to-alfa-ws-to-wmega
http://hep.physics.uoc.gr/DOC/OUTREACH/MICROCOSM/DETECTORS/whatiscern.html
https://cerncourier.com/ictr-phe-uniting-physics-medicine-and-biology/