A new paper published in EPJ Plus and authored by Eduardo De Paiva, from the Division of Medical Physics at the Institute of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pits the gold ...
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Sniffing out the optimal radiation dose for head and neck cancer
Sense of smell in patients with head and neck cancer began to deteriorate at a radiation dose of 22 Gy and increased in a ...
When radiation therapy is used to kill cancerous cells in the body, it is important to measure the dose correctly to avoid unnecessary damage to normal cells in the body. Radiation is not selective to ...
It’s important to understand how radiation therapy fits into your treatment plan so you can make choices about your care. Surgery is part of breast cancer treatment for most people. Your doctor may ...
Radiotherapy reduces the absolute risk of breast cancer mortality by a few percentage points in suitable women but can cause a second cancer or heart disease decades later. We estimated the absolute ...
» What are X rays and what do they do? X rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation that can penetrate or pass through the human body and produce shadow-like images of bones and some organs. The ...
MSK radiation oncologist Dr. Nancy Lee pioneered a new treatment approach that uses reduced radiation doses for HPV-related throat cancer, which greatly reduces side effects. “The difference in ...
The IAEA has released a new safety guide to help countries design and run radiation monitoring programmes to ensure people and environment are protected from harmful effects of ionizing radiation.
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