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   Ionizing radiation

   Electrons, x rays, gamma rays or atomic ions may be used in radiation therapy to treat malignant tumors (cancer).
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   Radiation therapy

   There is also interest in the fact that high-LET (linear energy transfer) particles such as carbon or neon ions may have an antitumour effect which is independent of tumour hypoxia. ... The concept of therapeutic radiation was invented by German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen when he discovered that the x-ray was a powerful and effective tool with which to treat cancer.
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   Spa bath

   Using a DC circuit, the array of the galvano-spa-bath develops oxygen, hydrogen and metallic ions in statu nascendi. ... Galvano-spa-bath and cancer in 2007
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   Fast neutron therapy

   X-rays are the most common form of radiation used to treat cancer. ... Heavy ion therapy (e.g. carbon ions) makes use of the similarly high LET of 12C6+ ions.
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   Copper

   When complexed with a chelate it can be used to treat cancer through radiation therapy. ... The full equation shows that the reaction is due to hydroxide ions deprotonating the hexaaquacopper (II) complex:
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   Cyclotron

   Cyclotrons can be used to treat cancer. ... U.S. Patent 1,948,384 -- Method and apparatus for the acceleration of ions
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   Instituto Oncologico Nacional

   On 1936, President Juan Demóstenes Arosemena (a physician), conceived the creation of the National Radiologic Institute, an institution dedicated to treat cancer.
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   RNA interference

   RNA interference is also often seen as a promising way to treat cancer by silencing genes differentially upregulated in tumor cells or genes involved in cell division.
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   Hans Alfred Nieper

   In urology serrapeptase has been successfully employed to treat cystitis and epididymitis. ... Many American cancer patients lose their hair and their vitality.
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    Antioxidant

    Consequently, antioxidants are commonly used as medications to treat various forms of brain injury. ... "Oxidative mechanisms in the toxicity of metal ions".

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Ionizing radiation,
• Radiation therapy,
• Spa bath,
• Fast neutron therapy,
• Copper,
• Cyclotron,
• Instituto Oncologico Nacional,
• RNA interference,
• Hans Alfred Nieper,
• Antioxidant