Rio, 2/26/2003 (Agência Brasil – ABr) - The Brazilian Association of Medical Physics (Associação Brasileira de Física Médica) (ABFM), with support from the National Nuclear
Energy Commission (Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear) (Cnen), and representatives from American universities, will be hosting the International Workshop on Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) beginning today in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The objective of the workshop is for greater use of the IMRT technique in fighting cancer tumors.

The advantage of IMRT is its extreme precision making it possible to protect healthy tissue surrounding tumors. (AB)