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Field Notes · Saju Divakar

Science and history.

Radiotherapy from its first discoveries to modern precision treatment, alongside the biological foundations of cancer.

Science and history · 3 min read

From Static Sparks to X-rays: The Long Road to Seeing Inside the Body

Imagine a world where diagnosing a broken bone depended largely on educated guesswork, where looking inside the human body was a medical fantasy, and where the inner structure of atoms remained a complete mystery.

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From X-rays to Cancer Treatment: The Birth of Radiotherapy

The discovery of X-rays in 1895 immediately revealed the invisible.

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How Radiotherapy Became Precise: From Cobalt-60 to AI and MR-linacs

Modern radiation therapy is defined by precision, but that precision was built incrementally.

Read →Tumour biology primer · 9 min read

Why Don’t We Have Cancer All the Time?

An introduction to cell division and the layers of protection against cancer.

Medicine. Ideas. Imagination.

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