Radiation therapy also called as radiotherapy is a popular and effective treatment that utilises high-energy radiation waves to shrink tumours and kill cancer cells. The treatment involving radiation is painless but is known to cause skin discomfort and several other side effects throughout exposure. Radiation therapy or radiology is usually utilised to treat early-stage breast...
It’s easy to feel stigmatized with a cancer diagnosis. Having cancer is a challenging journey to cope up with. Being reassuring and confident becomes a trial. If you or your loved one is diagnosed with the life-altering sickness of cancer, hold your heart; life might seem gloomy and dark, but you need to pull yourself...
Proton therapy also popularly known as proton beam therapy is a kind of radiation therapy that uses protons instead of X-rays to treat cancer. Just like X-ray radiation, proton therapy is a type of external beam therapy that can painlessly deliver radiation through the skin of the patient from the machine located outside the body. ...
You must be aware of the fact that cancer is a disease which has the ability to affect almost every part of your body. Depending on your lifestyle and diet, your body may develop mutations which could make cells grow uncontrollably. This phenomenon causes cancer, and only being aware and having the knowledge could save...
Angiogenesis is a critical process that happens during normal development, growth, and wound healing. But on the other hand, it is also involved in the growth of cancer, because the tumours have the ability to release chemical signals that stimulate angiogenesis. How Angiogenesis ‘feed’ cancer cells? Angiogenesis is the formation of new blood vessels....
The coronavirus outbreak is drastically changing the lives of people globally. The worst part is, it doesn’t discriminate, it affects people of all age and societies. But what about the people who are diagnosed with cancer? Are they at greater risk of getting infected with COVID 19? What is the new Coronavirus or COVID 19...
It is imperative to take care of your body once you have survived cancer. According to research- making positive changes in your lifestyle during and after cancer will help in preventing recurrence or second cancer. The majority of people worry about cancer coming back after it has been cured. Some chronic disease that may take...
Cancer, not just another disease name, it’s a battle that no want to be a part of . Patients suffer physically and psychologically in both diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Treatments can cause various side effects to the patients such as vomiting, infertility, sexual problems, hair loss, fatigue, pain, infections, blood count reduction and many...
Of the various treatments available for treating cancer – radiation therapy is one of the commonly used techniques. It makes use of high-energy radiation for shrinking tumours and killing the cancer cells. Some of the commonly used radiation types include the X-rays, charged particles and gamma rays. The radiation is delivered through a machine, either...
When a person is healthy, eating enough food to get the nutrients and calories that they need is not usually a problem. Most of the nutrition guidelines stress eating lots of vegetables, fruits, and whole-grain products and limiting the amount of red meat that the person eats, especially meats that are processed or cutting back...