Gloves are placed by every door, in and out of the mortuary. The mortuary fridge is a large room which can hold two or more bodies at a time. It must always be between 1 and 5 degrees Celsius. This door is fairly typical of a mortuary fridge door. Large metal handle which is pulled to open the door.
The median cost of a course of radiation therapy was $8,600 ($7,300 to $10,300) for breast, $9,000 ($7,500 to $11,100) for lung, and $18,000 ($11,300 to $25,500) for prostate cancer.
A common treatment for cancer, radiation oncology uses high-energy x-rays, gamma rays, electrons or radioactive materials to kill cancer cells, to stop or slow their growth and treat patients for pain or symptom relief (palliation). 1  Cancer Care Northwest provides the following radiation therapy techniques: 1  External Beam: A machine directs high-energy beams of radiation through the skin to the cancer. 2  High Dose Rate Brachytherapy: Radioactive sources are placed inside or near the tumor.