The technique, called Image Guided Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Treatment uses imaging provided by a CT scan to target the tumour before a powerful but precisely shaped radiation dose is administered.

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Prosecutor Jo Martin said Hart regularly travelled to London to undergo cosmetic treatment following dramatic weight loss and an image change, staying at the Dorchester Hotel and going to the theatre.

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Thatcher's treatment of the miners did not help her image in Wales either.

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Amaranth Cline, 70, in treatment for bile-duct cancer at Mount Sinai, says she learned of Image Share from the medical library there when she requested a copy of her scans.

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Trained doctors will then be able to review the image immediately and text the diagnosis back to the health worker, as well as give instructions about treatment.

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