Radioisotope (e.g. Radium-223) Administration - Xofigo® (radium Ra 223 dichloride) is an injection that releases radiation that targets and kills prostate cancer cells. This treatment is commonly used to treat prostate cancer that has spread to the bones, and no longer responds to hormonal ...
Background Prostate cancer is the second most common malignancy in men in the world, and radiotherapy is used as a standard treatment modality for this cancer. Although this treatment modality effectively kills prostate cancerous cells, it unavoidably irradiates the organs/tissues that are away ...
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Conventional radiation therapy kills most cancer cells, but a subpopulation of cancer cells survive due to chemoresistance and radioresistance to therapy, eventually leading to tumor relapse and metastasis [44]. This subpopulation was termed cancer stem cells (CSCs) or tumor-initiating cells (TICs) ...
Radiation therapy is a form of cancer treatment that uses an intense form of energy, called ionizing radiation, to damage or destroy cancer cells. Ionizing radiation harms cancer cells' genetic material. This kills the cells or interferes with their ability to grow and multiply. Normal cells ...
Our understanding of how radiation kills normal and tumour cells has been based on an intimate knowledge of the direct induction of DNA damage and its cellular consequences. What has become clear is that, as well as responses to direct DNA damage, cell-cell signalling -- known as the bystande...
High-energy radiation kills cells by damaging their DNA, thus blocking their ability to grow and increase in number. One of the characteristics of cancer cells is that they grow and divide faster than normal cells. This makes them particularly vulnerable to radiation. Radiation also damages normal...
The thought of undergoing radiation therapy, also known as radiotherapy, can be a stressful one for those who don’t understand how the treatment works. Radiation is high-energy particles or waves that kill cancer at high doses. Exposure to radiation kills cells by either damaging the genetic ...
Radiation therapy is a common treatment used to kill cancerous cells. However, healthy cells also sustain damage during the lengthy treatment process. FLASH is a targeted radiation therapy that kills tumor cells while sparing ... Jul 10, 2023 ...
Viable treatment options for prostate cancer include surgery, radiation, and hormone therapy [6]. Radiation is a widely used treatment for many cancers. Around 50% of PCa patients will receive radiation over the course of their treatment [7]. Radiation kills cancer cells via at least two ...