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Side Effects of Radiotherapy
The side effects of radiotherapy will depend on which area is being treated. For example, if radiotherapy is done to the neck, you may experience a sore throat and discomfort when swallowing. • It is said that modern radiotherapy devices are becoming better at focusing on cancer tissues and sparing normal cells. This tends to reduce side [...] -
Radiation Causes Mutation and Cancer
Peter Armstrong and Martin Wastie (in A Concise Textbook of Radiology) wrote: • X-rays cause ionisation and induce cancer and genetic defects. • Some organs are more sensitive to radiation than others. For example, gonads are highly sensitive. Avoid X-rays during pregnancy because this is hazardous to the developing foetus. • There is no safe dose for X-rays. ALL ionising radiations [...] -
The Orgins Of Radiotheraphy
The majority of cancers cannot be cured by radiation because the dose of X-rays required to kill all the cancer cells would also kill the patients. John Cairns The Beginning of the Exotic Unknown Rays … the X-rays Something unusual happened in the laboratory of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on the evening of 8 November 1895. A paper coated with barium, [...]
