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U S M I P P T R E C O G N I S E D A S IPPT will promote radiotherapy and brachytherapy

F I R S T G L O B A L E D U C A T I O N A L

C E N T R E F O R B R A C H Y T H E R A P Y treatment on behalf of Nucletron in Malaysia, including

I N M A L A Y S I A displaying and showcasing Nucletron products and 3D

brachytherapy technique to both domestic and overseas

BERTAM, PENANG, 2 June 2020
visitors coming to the institute.“IPPT has been chosen by

Nucletron because of its reputation as the sole referral

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Advanced Medical and institute under the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia

Dental Institute (IPPT) has been recognised as a global in the northern region that offers comprehensive cancer

educational and training centre for gynaecological, liver, services and therapeutic/diagnostic nuclear medicine,

head and neck, prostate and esophageal brachytherapy besides being equipped with some state-of-the-art cancer

techniques, with a special focus on primary and secondary treatment facilities,” he added.

liver cancer and also head and neck cancer.

According to IPPT Director, Professor Dr. Syed Azhar

Syed Sulaiman, back in April 2020, IPPT signed a

Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Nucletron,

which designated IPPT as the first global brachytherapy

educational centre in Malaysia. 48