A $30,000 dummy of a child is set to revolutionise cancer treatment for children in Australia.
Researchers from the Hunter Medical Research Institute in New South Wales have begun using the reproducible model in the first Australian study to determine the correct amounts of radiation therapy for children with brain tumours.
In the past, doctors have had to rely on estimates from adult treatments for similar conditions when giving radiation doses to youngsters.
The phantom dummy reacts in the same way as human tissue when exposed to radiation.
Dummy aids Australian child cancer research
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