Radiotherapy, or radiation therapy, is the clinical use of high energy rays (ionizing radiation) to induce DNA damage in all exposed cells to ultimately kill cancer cells or prevent cancer growth.

1 This finding provided the groundwork for the use of ionising radiation in medicine, laying the foundation for the development of radiotherapy as a therapeutic technique. Recent technical ...

Mandatory annual training for personnel who access radiation posted areas (non-radiation workers). Radioactive material and x-ray machines are safely used in a wide variety of research programs at the ...

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CLEVELAND — A game-changing new type of radiation therapy cuts time while improving precision in targeting tumors, a development that could transform cancer care as we know it. Traditional ...

Monash University offers a 2 year graduate entry to practice Masters degree program that meets the requirements for graduates to become registered radiation therapists. The Master of Radiation Therapy ...

Only two relatively rare factors have so far been conclusively shown to affect glioma risk—exposure to high doses of ionizing radiation, and inherited mutations of highly penetrant genes ...

Cosmic radiation consists of energetic charged particles, such as protons and Helium ions, moving through space. They originate from events beyond our solar system and from the sun. By the time cosmic ...