Radiotherapy toxicity

Radiotherapy is used in >50% of patients with cancer, both for curative and palliative purposes. Radiotherapy uses ionizing radiation to target and kill tumour tissue, but normal tissue can also be damaged, leading to toxicity. Modern and precise radiotherapy techniques, such as intensity-modulat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature reviews. Disease primers 2019-02, Vol.5 (1), p.13-13, Article 13
Hauptverfasser:	De Ruysscher, Dirk, Niedermann, Gabriele, Burnet, Neil G., Siva, Shankar, Lee, Anne W. M., Hegi-Johnson, Fiona
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	631/67/1059 692/699/375/2004 692/700/565/2194 692/700/565/485 Atoms & subatomic particles Cancer Research Cancer therapies Disease Epidemiology Epithelial Cells - radiation effects Humans Internal Medicine Lung - radiation effects Lymph Nodes - radiation effects Medical Microbiology Medicine Medicine & Public Health Neoplasms - therapy Primer Prostate cancer Quality of life Quality of Life - psychology Quality of Life Research Radiation Exposure - adverse effects Radiation Injuries - diagnosis Radiation Injuries - physiopathology Radiation Injuries - therapy Radiation therapy Radiotherapy - adverse effects Radiotherapy - methods Short term Systematic review Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods Tumors
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