Radiation therapy

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2016) One of the main ways in treating cancer would be through Radiation Therapy. It is often used as a curative treatment alone or in conjunction with surgery and/or chemotherapy depending on the type of cancer. However, toxicities associated with radiation therapy using photons can be significant due to the characteristic properties of the photon beam. Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), an advanced type of radiation therapy technique that uses photons…

" I choose to die rather than receiving this painful chemotherapy or radiation therapy?" These are words of my one of the close relatives who was healthy and happy before he started showing symptoms of deadly cancer(last stage). His family was trying their hard to keep the head of their family alive and happy by providing better treatments, consulting the doctor, buying expensive medicine and taking care. I saw his family shedding their tears and praying to God every day. Those treatments are…

beam radiation therapy services using the most advanced equipment and techniques for both cancerous and benign conditions. External beam (NCI, 2015) radiation therapy involves delivering a high-energy x-ray beam produced by a linear accelerator. The beam is a patient specific customized treatment field that takes into account the size and shape of the tumor. By customizing the treatment field allows us to better spare normal surrounding tissue and organs. We offer advanced radiation therapy…

Brachytherapy is an advanced cancer treatment where radioactive seeds or sources are placed in or near the tumour. This gives a high radiation dose to the tumour while reducing the radiation exposure in the surrounding healthy tissues. History of the technology: The term 'brachytherapy' is derived from the Greek word for ‘short,’ (brachy) which refers to the, “distance between the therapeutic agent and the target lesion.” Commonly used to treat accessible tumours with radium New sources,…

and neutrons. This means that they give off radiation. Some elements like uranium give off radiation naturally but other sorts are made in a lab for specific purposes like radiotherapy for the treatment of some sorts of cancer. Radiation as a medical treatment has been around for a long time. X-Rays as such were discovered in 1896 by Wilhelm Roentgen and as early as 1901 low dose X-Rays were being used to treat cancer. It was found early on that radiation seamed to treat diseased cells in the…

maintaining the same hormonal levels as the older form of therapy (photon radiotherapy). One primary difference between the two therapies revolves around the way in which radiation passes through the patient’s body, which has made serious improvements that some people may not be aware of. Photon radiotherapy actually uses radiation with the X-ray beam which passes through the patient’s whole body, while the newer, more beneficial process utilizes radiation to…

The article reviews the effects of laughter as a humor therapy relieving anxiety, stress, depression, and increases quality of life on a cancer patient. In particular, cancer originated from uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells in the body. Cancer can develop in any part of the body of male and female. For example, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and gastric cancer. Generally, cancer is known as a chronic illness; a disease that persists for a long time, depending when it was detected…

The question of whether cancer treatment, such as chemotherapy and radiation, is too harsh has been argued for many years by the general public, scientists and medical professionals. One side of the argument think that chemotherapy and radiation therapy are too harsh in the already stressful and painful process of having cancer. The other side thinks that chemotherapy and radiation are the best way to eliminate cancer cells from the body. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are slightly different…

is growing in popularity. Radiotherapy treatment is normally used in cancer patients, with the most common type known as external beam therapy. This name evolved because the treatment consists of a beam of radiation that comes from a very sophisticated machine. The beam is focused on the part of the body that contains the tumor, and the largest amount of radiation possible is used to kill the cancer cells. Radiotherapy is very hard on the body. The treatments are short in duration, no more than…