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In 5-10 percent of patients who receive radiation therapy for prostate cancer, there is a side effect of radiation therapy that can show up months to years later --hemorrhagic cystitis. Radiation was given to the prostate to kill the cancer cells, so why is there a problem with the bladder?
Breast cancer:Breast cancer is a type of cancer that affects a person's breasts, being far more likely to appear in women. Risk factors include having undergone HRT, and being a smoker.Answer and Explanation: Radiation is used to treat breast cancer because radiation is capable of being ...
Getting access to samples will become increasingly important as approaches for the molecular profiling of tumours improve. Credit: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/GettyOver the past century, the two main approaches to treating people with cancer — surgery and radiation — have focused on where in the...
The short-range 1 mm path length of the β-particle emitted by 177Lu enables effective delivery of radiation to the cancer while minimizing damage to surrounding normal tissues. Several clinical trials have demonstrated that this novel therapy is well tolerated and effective with 45%–57% of ...
As soon as you do call something cancer, it triggers a chain of medical intervention that can be painful, costly, and life-changing. In the case of breast cancer, that might mean radiation treatments, chemotherapy, the removal of tissue from the breast (a lumpectomy), or the removal...
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive medical imaging modality that provides excellent image quality tissue structure without ionizing radiation, but on the other hand is relatively slow. The acquired 3D data, sampled in the k-space domain, corresponds to the Fourier transform of the...
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Prostate and testicular cancer. People with prostate cancer sometimes get a treatment called androgen suppression therapy. It lowers their levels of the hormonetestosterone, which helps radiation therapy work better. But it can also cause vasomotor symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats. If your ...
Radiotherapy can't easily adapt to thecomplex changes in patients' anatomywhen a patient moves – for instance, when they breathe, swallow, their heart beats or as they digest food. As a result, radiation beams can be off-target, missing the tumour and striking healthy tissue. ...