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   Experimental cancer treatment

   Johanna Budwig proposed a diet therapy claimed to treat cancer.
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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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   Cancer

   Radiation therapy can be administered externally via external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) or internally via brachytherapy. ... The use of surgery to treat cancer had poor results due to problems with hygiene.
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   Breast cancer treatment

   Radiation therapy involves using high-energy X-rays or gamma rays that target a tumor or post surgery tumor site. ... Systemic therapy uses medications to treat cancer cells throughout the body.
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   Prostate cancer

   4.9 patients must be treated for one to benefit (number needed to treat = 4.9). ... Radiation therapy uses high-energy rays or particles to kill cancer cells.
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   Association of American Cancer Institutes

   AACI cancer centers serve as the headquarters for most of the NCI sponsored clinical trials (research studies), which incorporate more than 16,000 scientists and physician-scientists to translate promising research findings into new approaches to prevent and treat cancer.
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   Gamma ray

   An example of gamma ray production follows. ... Despite their cancer-causing properties, gamma rays are also used to treat some types of cancer.
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   Radiation therapy

   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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   Radiation poisoning

   Since tumors grow by abnormally rapid cell division, the ability of radiation to disturb cell division is also used to treat cancer (see radiotherapy), and low levels of ionizing radiation have been claimed to lower one's risk of cancer (see hormesis). ... A space traveller who is irradiated by cosmic rays
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    Ultraviolet

    Little attention has been given to UVC rays in the past since they are filtered out by the atmosphere. ... ↑ UV is used to treat tuberculosis of the skin

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Experimental cancer treatment,
• Ionizing radiation,
• Cancer,
• Breast cancer treatment,
• Prostate cancer,
• Association of American Cancer Institutes,
• Gamma ray,
• Radiation therapy,
• Radiation poisoning,
• Ultraviolet