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Art Gib's Articles in Cancer

  • The Advantages of Radiosurgery Over Craniotomy
    Radiation therapy often plays a big part in the neurological field of surgery. Tumors have reacted well to radiation therapy in many cases killing rouge cells or disabling their ability to pass on their genetic material.
  • Fighting Cancer with Radiotherapy
    Radiotherapy is an effective and relatively simple treatment for brain tumors. Using state-of-the-art tools, radiation oncologist can effectively eradicate certain types of brain tumors with very little damage to surrounding areas.
  • Radiation Oncology and Advancements in Cancer Research
    Cancer mortality rates in the United States are dropping due, in part, to advancements in advancements in radiation therapy technology.
  • Radiation Therapy: Surgical Methods that Don't Break the Skin
    Cancer is nearly the leading cause of death in the U.S., and more and more people need help in treatment. Luckily in recent years there has been a good deal of technological headway that has come about. From identifying and treating the tumors in the body, new radiation technology and techniques have already come into use with a lot of promise.
  • TomoTherapy: New Technology in the Fight Against Cancer
    TomoTherapy is a relatively new innovation in the fight against cancer. Using a specialized new system to deliver radiation more precisely, TomoTherapy helps radiation oncologists treat cancer in a unique, effective way.
  • History of Radiation Therapy
    The discoveries of x-rays and radiation by scientists Becquerel and Rontgen in the late 1800s got the ball rolling in radiation application. Radiation therapy today is used by over half of those patients diagnosed with cancer.
  • Radiation Treatment: A Brief Overview
    Cancer treatment is mainly administered by two methods, chemotherapy and radiation. Radiation therapy, which is also referred to as radiotherapy, x-ray therapy or irradiation, uses energy called ionizing radiation to destroy cancer cells with the intention of shrinking tumors.
  • Studying and Treating Cancerous Tumors: About Radiation Oncologists
    Oncology is the study of cancer, while an oncologist is a doctor that treats cancer. In America, there are two main types of oncologists. A radiation oncologist is a doctor that specializes in radiation treatment of cancer, known as radiation therapy, or more simply, radiotherapy.
  • The Technology Behind IMRT Radiation Therapy
    Radiation therapy's goal is to hit a tumor with enough radiation to kill it, while minimizing exposure to surrounding healthy tissue. However, radiation tends to kill virtually everything that it touches. The problem then with radiation therapy is killing the tumor without harming the patient.

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