Radiation Treatment for Cancer!
The Facts of it
How Does The Treatment Work?
It works as a deterrent for cancer by irradiating it, there by destroying the cells that make up cancer.
This picture is a cartoon representation of what radiation treatment does to cancer
Side Effects
The side effects include: fatigue, skin damage, and mucositis.
How they do it
They start by injecting radioactive substances to the area of the tumor. Next they put you under a machine that shoots concentrated radiation into that area. During that the tumor gets trapped in the radioactive liquid and the radioactive rays, both decomposing it.
Sites
- myleapmagazine.ca
- nationalbreastcancer.org
- cancer.org