Answers to Cancer- Part 4: Radiation for cancer treatment
Answers to Cancer- Part 4: Radiation for cancer treatment Introduction Image credit: www.lyfboat.com Radiation dose is delivered selectively to cancerous cells to kill cancer. Radiation can cause cancer and cure it also. Advantages Huge experience for cancer treatment. Works for most of the organs Teletherapy is less invasive Painless treatment procedure Disadvantage There is a fear element present in public about radiation. Healthy Tissues can have exposure to radiation, which may induce secondary tumors in non-cancerous cells. Most efficient for localized tumors. Scope for improvement Developing treatment methods for maximum dose delivery to cancerous cells with minimum dose delivery to normal cells.