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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
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.
Is radiation more harmful to normal cells than to cancerous cells?
Radiation can harm both normal and cancerous cells, but because cancerous cells are often more sensitive to radiation, they may be more likely to be damaged or killed by radiation therapy. Normal cells can repair themselves more effectively than cancerous cells, which helps protect them from the effects of radiation.
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
What are Radiation sensitizers?
Radiation sensitizers are substances that increase the sensitivity of cancer cells to radiation therapy, making the treatment more effective. They can enhance the damaging effects of radiation on cancer cells while minimizing harm to healthy cells, ultimately improving the overall outcome of radiation therapy for cancer patients.
What are the benefits ands risks of radiation therapy?
One of the obvious benefits is the cure for whatever you are taking radiation therapy for, eg. cancer. However, it is radiation therapy, so it's not good for your body in general. Some of the risks are fatigue, depression, nausea, hair loss, or damaging normal cells along with abnormal ones.
Can radiation cure certain disease?
Radiation can cure cancer through what is known as radiation therapy. This is a process where the cancerous cells and genes are damaged.
Radiation most likely destroys cancer cells by inducing a process called?
Radiation destroys cancer cells by inducing a process called treatment planning. Treatment planning is essential, because radiation can damage normal cells as well as cancer cells. Radiation therapy uses high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells by damaging their DNA.
How does radiation treat malignant tumors?
Radiation therapy kills malignant tumor cells by breaking them apart.
Is radiation therapy used other than to treat cancer patients?
"No, radiation therapy is only used to treat people who have cancer. The radiation part of this kind of therapy is there to destroy off cancer cells. If someone used radiation therapy or anything else it would make them very ill, and more than likely be fatal to them since they would not have cancer, the radiation would get rid of their good healthy 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.
Why would someone undergo partial breast radiation therapy?
Partial breast radiation therapy is used in early stages of breast cancer. Partial breast radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells.
