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Are cancer cells more sensitive to drugs and radiation than normal cells?
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∙ 12y ago
Yes they are, because they have a lower resistance upon germs (germs in the sense: things that does not belong to your body, not particularly bacteria, so also radiation), so radiation and drugs have a easier time coming in them than in other cells.
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∙ 12y ago
Yes, cancer cells are generally more sensitive to drugs and radiation than normal cells. This is because cancer cells have abnormal and uncontrolled growth, and their DNA repair mechanisms may be impaired. Therefore, therapies like chemotherapy and radiation therapy can target the rapidly dividing cancer cells and effectively kill them while minimizing damage to healthy cells.
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What are Radiation sensitizers?
Sensitizers are medications that are given to make cancer cells easier to kill by radiation than normal calls
How does radiation treat colorectal cancer?
where the cancer is located in hard to reach areas, radiation may be used to shrink the cancer growth or tumor. Radiation stops the cancer cells from dividing.
What is radiation treatments?
Radiation treatment, or radiation therapy is a form of cancer treatment. It uses high doses of intense energy to kill the cancer cells.
Is the percentage of cells in the resting stage is higher in cancerous cells than normal cells?
No, cancer cells are more active than normal cells. Cancer cells are always dividing at a faster rate than normal cells.
How is the behaviour of cancer cells different from that normal cells?
Normal cells divide in an orderly way to produce more cells only when the body needs them, whereas cancer cells continue to be created without control or order.
What is radio active theraphy?
Radiation therapy uses radiation from radioactive elements to destroy cancer cells. It works on the principle that cancer cells are more active than normal cells and more prone to radiation damage than normal cells.
Why are cancer cells more sensitive to radiation than nerve cells?
Because Prof.Kodjo thought so
Why is interstitial radiation used?
The advantage is that it concentrates the radiation near the cancer and lessens the chance of damage to normal cells
Why is intracavitary radiation used?
The advantage is that it concentrates the radiation near the cancer and lessens the chance of damage to normal cells
Why exposure to radioactivity is used as a therapy to treat some kinds of cancer?
Radiation has the capacity to kill cells, both cancer cells and normal cells, but cancer cells are less healthy than normal cells, and they are more easily killed, so radiation can kill cancer cells while not killing the patient (although the patient will suffer side effects). Doctors are always looking for what is known as the "magic bullet" which is something that kills only cancer cells but does not harm normal cells; so far we have not found it. If we do invent a magic bullet, than radiation treatments will no longer be used.
Is it true that radiation destroys fast growing cancer cells more slowly than normal cells?
it is ture
What are Radiation sensitizers?
Sensitizers are medications that are given to make cancer cells easier to kill by radiation than normal calls
Why is internal radiation therapy used?
The advantage of internal radiation therapy is that it concentrates the radiation near the cancer and lessens the chance of damage to normal cells
Radiation most likely destroys cancer cells by inducing a process called?
Radiation therapy primarily destroys cancer cells through a process called apoptosis, which is programmed cell death. When cancer cells are exposed to high-energy radiation, such as X-rays or gamma rays, it damages the DNA within the cells. This damage can lead to the activation of signaling pathways that trigger apoptosis, causing the cancer cells to die. Radiation therapy is designed to target and kill cancer cells while minimizing damage to healthy surrounding tissues. By inducing apoptosis in cancer cells, radiation therapy aims to shrink tumors and reduce the spread of cancer throughout the body.
What is hyperthermia therapy?
A type of treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of radiation and certain anticancer drugs.
Why is brachytherapy used?
The advantage is that it concentrates the radiation near the cancer and lessens the chance of damage to normal cells
Why is implant therapy used?
The advantage is that it concentrates the radiation near the cancer and lessens the chance of damage to normal cells
