Cancer is a malignant disease, which is one of the most famous diseases these days, which affects all ages until the embryos, which is a malignant tumor so that some cells divide very little, circulating the tissues around them and differ from benign tumors that divide and grow in a limited, Cancer in 2008 caused the death of nearly eight million people, which is equivalent to 13% of all deaths in that year.
The rate of recovery from cancer at early detection as it can be a cure rate of 90% and less when the delayed detection of the disease and scientists are still conducting many research and studies to eliminate the disease, but at the moment is using a number of Means to treat the disease such as wound and tumor eradication or chemotherapy or stem cell therapy, which constitute a large ray of hope in the treatment of cancer and also radiation therapy.
Radiation therapy is one of the methods used to control cancer cells. This treatment is used as a treatment to cure the disease or is an adjunct to the infection or it is used in incurable cases that can not be cured according to doctors’ assessment as a dwelling for the pain caused by this disease. This depends on the location of the cancer and its development, Of the patient.
Radiation therapy is done by exposing the cancer cells to high-energy X-rays that attack the DNA of the cancer cells, killing them and limiting their spread. Cancer cells grow more than healthy cells, but in the basement healthy cells have a higher ability to overcome the effects of radiation Of the cancer cells, either by injecting the radioactive material near the injured part or directly or be retrieved later or it is left or is by identifying the affected area by a small tattoo and then the concentration of radiation on the injured part with the protector Adjacent tissues of these rays.
Radiation therapy is not a type of pain for the patient but it requires staying silent for a period of time during the treatment, which requires giving sedatives to patients in some cases, especially children, but radiation therapy causes side effects depending on the severity or the occurrence or not on the patient and the degree of radiation that is done Loss of appetite, loss of hair, some skin problems, lack of blood corpuscles, nausea and vomiting, and those who are treated with radiation should receive sufficient rest and to follow a balanced diet and not expose the affected area to the sun and protect it From external factors such as chemicals or various preparations or cold or hot substances.