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Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy, x-ray therapy, or irradiation) is the use of a certain type of energy (called ionizing radiation) to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation therapy injures or destroys cells in the area being treated (the “target tissue”) by damaging their genetic material, making it impossible for these cells to continue to grow and divide. Although radiation damages both cancer cells and normal cells, most normal cells can recover from the effects of radiation and function properly. The goal of radiation therapy is to damage as many cancer cells as possible, while limiting harm to nearby healthy tissue.
Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes carrying vincristine sulfate are effective in killing cancer stem cells

Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes carrying vincristine sulfate are effective in killing cancer stem cells

Understanding Prostate Cancer Disparities Through Proteogenomics

Understanding Prostate Cancer Disparities Through Proteogenomics

Non-Invasive Early Cancer Detection Using Chromatin Signatures in Mononuclear Blood Cells

Non-Invasive Early Cancer Detection Using Chromatin Signatures in Mononuclear Blood Cells

Research may Offer a New Way to Break Through Cancer's Hypoxia-Induced Defenses

Research may Offer a New Way to Break Through Cancer's Hypoxia-Induced Defenses

Study Shows How Excess Dietary Sugar Worsens IBD Symptoms

Study Shows How Excess Dietary Sugar Worsens IBD Symptoms

Cancer cells use new DNA repair mechanism to recover from next-generation cancer radiation therapy

Cancer cells use new DNA repair mechanism to recover from next-generation cancer radiation therapy

Rice biologists embark on a three-year project to create genetically encoded antibiotics

Rice biologists embark on a three-year project to create genetically encoded antibiotics

Using nanoparticles to carry drugs across the blood-brain barrier

Using nanoparticles to carry drugs across the blood-brain barrier

Predictive classifier identifies patients who can skip radiation therapy

Predictive classifier identifies patients who can skip radiation therapy

Nanomaterials offer a rich avenue to achieve broad-spectrum bioactivities

Nanomaterials offer a rich avenue to achieve broad-spectrum bioactivities

Spaceflight increases the risk of developing cancer and heart disease

Spaceflight increases the risk of developing cancer and heart disease

Researchers devise a new treatment approach to cure aggressive brain tumors

Researchers devise a new treatment approach to cure aggressive brain tumors

Scientists discover a special cell in salivary glands that is likely crucial for oral health

Scientists discover a special cell in salivary glands that is likely crucial for oral health

Novel method can report specific immune cell types using only DNA from blood

Novel method can report specific immune cell types using only DNA from blood

Genetic biomarker test could help personalize therapy for men with high-risk prostate cancer

Genetic biomarker test could help personalize therapy for men with high-risk prostate cancer

Radiation therapy can reprogram heart muscle cells to a younger state, suggests study

Radiation therapy can reprogram heart muscle cells to a younger state, suggests study

New research focuses on possible treatment options for childhood brain cancer

New research focuses on possible treatment options for childhood brain cancer

New substance could improve the treatment of drug-resistant cancers

New substance could improve the treatment of drug-resistant cancers

Genomic test helps identify prostate cancer patients who may benefit from hormone therapy

Genomic test helps identify prostate cancer patients who may benefit from hormone therapy

Microbe found in the colon may promote breast cancers

Microbe found in the colon may promote breast cancers

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