What is Radiation Oncology?Radiation oncology is a medical speciality that is essential to a multidisciplinary approach to cancer treatment. It employs high-energy x-rays, which are typically delivered via a linear accelerator. These therapeutic x-rays are painless and invisible, and they are useful to treat a variety of cancers. The treatment may aim to cure you...
Proton therapies have been primarily and popularly used to treat cancers. However, this therapy could be used to treat the non-cancerous tumor. It is also combined with several other types of treatment, like surgeries and chemotherapy. This advanced treatment method could be used instead of traditional X- Rays. The treatment makes use of energies from...
Cancer refers to a category of illnesses that may manifest in any organ. Cancerous tumours and neoplasms are two more names for these conditions. The rapid proliferation of aberrant cells is a hallmark of cancer, which may metastasize to other organs. Cancer is called cancer when these tumours of aberrant cells grow in essential organs. ...
Radiation therapy is a method to cure cancer by decimating or damaging cancer cells with the help of high-energy waves. The waves prevent cancer growth and the creation of new cancer cells. However, there is a risk of non-cancer cells getting damaged by the waves. Radiation therapy involves focusing high-energy waves on the spot where...
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...