Radiation therapy
As a general term, radiation implies influxes of vitality, for example, light or warmth. The type of radiation utilized in cancer treatment is a high-vitality composes known as ionizing radiation. Precisely how radiation functions as a treatment for cancer are mind-boggling and yet being examined, however on a straightforward level it separates the DNA of cancer cells in a way that disturbs their development and division and can even execute them. Radiation treatment will here and there be utilized without anyone else, and now and again will be utilized close by other cancer medications, for example, chemotherapy, if a cancer master chooses that this will upgrade the impact of the treatment. Roughly 60 for each penny of individuals being dealt with for cancer in the United States will get radiation treatment.
- Image-guided radiation therapy
- 3-D conformal
- Intensity-modulated radiation therapy
- Tomotherapy
- Stereotactic radiosurgery
