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Cancer: a red light used as a treatment for disease
Cancer: a red light used as a treatment for the disease – (france 3)
To relieve the effects of chemotherapy, people affected by cancer can benefit from light therapy. Supported by the hospital, these sessions regenerate skin tissues.
Light is used to relieve many cancer patients. It helps treat the side effects caused by cancer treatments. Light therapy sessions come “prevent side effects, burning of the skin (…) ou burns to the mucous membranes”explains Doctor Camélia Billard-Sandu, head of radiology-oncotherapy hospitalization department at the Gustave-Roussy establishment in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne).
Sessions covered by the hospital
Eight minutes under this red light helps protect patients’ skin for their next chemotherapy sessions. Beyond protection, this light can even regenerate damaged tissues. Light therapy sessions are all covered by the hospital.
