with laryngeal cancer. The patient comes into the hospital for a follow up visit to his health care provider. Where he has been getting radiation and chemotherapy treatments for the cancer. He has complaints of pain, dyspnea at times and dysphasia. While discussing the progress of his condition the doctor states that the chemo and radiation therapy has not been successful and the cancer has started to progress. The doctor then states the next steps to prevent the spread of the cancer, and that’s to
What do cancer, radiation, and technology have in common? The links between the three are quite extraordinary. Cancer is a disease that accounts for 13% of all deaths in the world (Delfino and Day 1). The disease has an impact on patients, friends and their love ones. According to WebMD, radiation is energy that travels in the form of waves through radiation therapy. Through radiation therapy, radiation is used to stop, slow or cure the growth of cancer. With technology, radiologists can treat
Radiation is the process of energy emitted through space. When people think of radiation the word hazardous, threatening, and destructive comes to mind. However, people don’t realize that there is radiation emitted everywhere. There are two type of radiation: natural environmental and man-made. Natural environmental radiation are occur throughout life because it’s not something that can be control. Examples of natural environmental radiation includes: the sun, stars, Earth and all earth-based-concrete
Radiation Therapy is the use of high energy radiation to damage cancer cells and prevent them from growing and dividing. More than 70% of cancer patients have undergone radiation therapy treatment (1). While radiation therapy today seems to be a very common medical treatment for cancer, there are still several risks a patient takes when choosing to undergo this treatment. There are obvious physical risks that happen that most people are aware of, however, many people do not think about the psychological
Cancer is an incurable and unpredictable disease that, if left untreated, will likely result in death for the men, women, and children who must fight it. Sadly, approximately 36% of people will develop cancer during their lifetime, and of that percentage, fewer than 15% will survive, according to the National Cancer Institute. Along with surgery and chemotherapy, radiation is one of the few known methods for treating cancer, but it does not come without harmful side effects. While radiation therapy
Cancer is one of the biggest burdens that the world has to face daily. According to the National Cancer Institute, in 2012, 14 million new cases of cancer were established and 8.2 million cancer-related deaths worldwide (“Cancer Statistics”). Sadly, the number of new cancer cases and deaths will only be increasing as the years go on. Cancer has such an impacting effect on everyone, whether a loved one, yourself, or someone you knew has been affected by this disease. Due to this, I want to join the
Potential Benefits • many patients find that their radiation therapy sessions have a minimal effect on their daily schedules. • treatment sessions are typically given on an outpatient basis, meaning no hospital stay is required. • sessions typically take less than an hour, and sometimes as little as 15 minutes—from entering the waiting room to leaving the hospital or clinic. What is Radiotherapy. https://www.trog.com.au/What-is-radiotherapy Author: David Malouf
Radiation Therapy There is no reliable cure to cancer that we know of still to this day. However, in 1896 a German physics professor, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, made a discovery that has saved millions of lives (The American Red Cross Society Medical and Editorial Team, 1). Roentgen discovered x-rays. With in months of this discovery, x-rays were being used for diagnosis and 3 months following radiation began to be used for cancer treatment (The American Red Cross Society Medical and Editorial Team
an estimated 1,685,210 new cases of cancer and an estimated of 595,690 people will die from the disease in 2016 ("Cancer Statistics”). Cancer is a very common aliment that affects men, women, children, and all races and ethnicities. There are many different types of cancers, and cancer research has been a focal point for many scientists. There are various treatments that a cancer patient to undergo. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and immune therapy are among the most common ones. Each
or loved ones is cancer. The word automatically instills fear, confusion, denial, and leaves the individual questioning his or her beliefs wondering “Why me?”. It overpowers all previous commitments or opportunities seizing control over the customary quality of life. Cancer is a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body often metastasizing elsewhere. With more than two hundred types of cancer that can affect more than sixty organs, cancer kills a half million