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Books on: (radiation OR "radiation therapy") AND cancer

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The Enemy Within: The High Cost of Living near Nuclear Reactors: Breast Cancer, AIDS, Low Birthweights, and Other Radiation-Induced Immune Deficiency Effects

Book by Jay M. Gould; Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996

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Immunodeficiency--Complications, Immunosuppression--Risk Factors, Nuclear Reactors--Health Aspects, Radioactive Fallout--Health Aspects

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...response to low-level radiation would be logarithmic, which...that at very low levels of radiation the dose response as in the form of cancer would rise most rapidly...to flatten out at higher radiation levels. Therefore in accordance...
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Permissible Dose: A History of Radiation Protection in the Twentieth Century

Book by J. Samuel Walker; University of California Press, 2000

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Nuclear Energy--Law And Legislation--United States--History, Radiation--Safety Measures--History

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...in the 1960s. The use of radiation for therapeutic purposes, especially as a treatment for cancer, required much heavier doses...receiving treatment, but radiation therapy still required proper procedures...delivered too much or too little radiation. 25 The primary responsibility...
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Biological Effects of Radiation: Mechanism and Measurement of Radiation, Applications in Biology, Photochemical Reactions, Effects of Radiant Energy on Organisms and Organic Products - Vol. 2

Book by Benjamin M. Duggar; McGraw-Hill, 1936

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Biology, Radiation

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...PACKARD C. "Effect of radium radiations on the development of Chaetopterus...effects of X-rays". Jour. Cancer Res. 10 : 319-339. 1926...biological effects of short radiations". Quart. Rev. Biol...Continuous versus interrupted radiation and the rate of mutation...Drosophila melanogaster by x-radiation". Amer. Nat. 66 : 193...
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Coping with Chemotherapy and Radiation

Book by Daniel Cukier, Frank Gingerelli, Grace Makari-Judson, Virginia E. Mccullough; McGraw-Hill, 2005

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Cancer--Chemotherapy--Popular Works, Cancer--Radiotherapy--Popular Works

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...enough to destroy the cancer cell while sparing...act is fundamental to radiation therapy. When chemotherapy...often ask why some cancers may be destroyed by...treatment. Simply stated, cancer cells vary in their...oxygen reach- ing the cancer. The peripheral regions...sensitivity. Some cancers, such as melanoma...
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Understanding the Mammography Controversy: Science, Politics, and Breast Cancer Screening

Book by Madelon L. Finkel; Praeger, 2005

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Breast--Cancer--Diagnosis--Evaluation, Breast--Cancer--Risk Factors, Breast--Radiography, Medical Screening--Evaluation

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...of breast surgery. Radiation Therapy and New Techniques While breast cancer is most often treated...controlled trials comparing radiation therapy to no radiation therapy have shown that those...recurrence (LRR) of the cancer, which resulted in...

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Journal Articles on: (radiation OR "radiation therapy") AND cancer

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Use of Preferred Music to Reduce Emotional Distress and Symptom Activity during Radiation Therapy

Journal article by Michael Clark, Gloria Isaacks-Downton, Nancy Wells, Sheryl Redlin-Frazier; Journal of Music Therapy, Vol. 43, 2006

Subjects:

Cancer, Data collection, Emotions, Hair loss, Intervention, Medical treatment, Music therapy, Quality of life, Radiation therapy, Sample size, Side effects, Skin, Stress, Studies

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...Symptom Activity during Radiation Therapy by Michael Clark...including patients with cancer (Burns, Harbuz...with various types of cancer. Treatment group subjects...the treatment of many cancers, including cancers of the breast, prostate...called radiation. Cancer cells grow and divide...
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Music Therapy CD Creation for Initial Pediatric Radiation Therapy: a Mixed Methods Analysis

Journal article by Philippa Barry, Clare O'Callaghan, Greg Wheeler, Denise Grocke; Journal of Music Therapy, Vol. 47, 2010

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Cancer, Medical treatment, Music therapy, Radiation, Studies

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...children with cancer needing to...distressing radiation therapy procedures...MacCallum Cancer Centre for their initial radiation therapy treatment...for their cancer, and whether...used during radiation therapy treatment...
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Cancer in the Older Person

Journal article by Lodovico Balducci; Generations, Vol. 30, 2006

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Breast cancer, Lymphomas, Mortality, Older people, Prostate cancer, Radiation therapy

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...of liver metastases from cancer of the large bowel may be...health. In many cases of cancer, surgical intervention can...For example, very early cancers of the colon or of the esophagus...radiosurgery, as described below. Radiation therapy. Traditionally, radiation...beam irradiation of prostate cancer obtains results comparable...
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Effect of Community Population Size on Breast Cancer Screening, Stage Distribution, Treatment Use and Outcomes

Journal article by Robert A. Olson, Alan Nichol, Nadine R. Caron, Ivo A. Olivotto, Caroline Speers, Stephen Chia, Ashley Davidson, Andy Coldman, Chris Bajdik, Scott Tyldesley; Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 103, 2012

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Breast cancer, Cancer therapies, Chemotherapy, Community, Family physicians, Mammography, Radiation therapy, Rural areas, Studies, Womens health

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...Community Population Size on Breast Cancer Screening, Stage Distribution...mammograms.3 Utilization of radiation therapy services has been documented...Furthermore, increased distance to a radiation therapy centre has been negatively correlated...
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Are There Regional Differences in Gynecologic Cancer Outcomes in the Context of a Single-payer, Publicly-funded Health Care System? a Population-based Study

Journal article by Janice S. Kwon, Mark S. Carey, E. Francis Cook, Feng Qiu, Lawrence F. Paszat; Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 99, 2008

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Colorectal cancer, Endometrial cancer, Gynecology, Health care delivery, Health services, Hospitals, Ovarian cancer, Patients, Radiation therapy, Surgery, Womens health

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...Differences in Gynecologic Cancer Outcomes in the Context of...particular, we do not know if cancer patients in one region of a...another region. Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic...physician billings for an initial radiation oncology consultation followed...

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Magazine Articles on: (radiation OR "radiation therapy") AND cancer

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The Cutting Edge: Killing Cancer with Protons

Magazine article by Patrick Perry; The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 279, July 2007

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Brain cancer, Hospitals, Medical treatment, Radiation therapy

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...a nationally recognized radiation oncology expert. Post...therapy for delivering radiation that reduces the side effects...from traditional x-ray radiation therapy? Dr. Thornton: It does...conventional x-ray-based radiations. Post: For what forms of cancer is the therapy used? Dr...prostate tumors and rectal cancers, particularly ones that...
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Soldiers Show Support for Six-year-old Boy with Cancer

Magazine article by Robin Olsen; Soldiers, Vol. 64, October 2009

Subjects:

Armed forces, Brain, Brain cancer, Chemotherapy, Children & youth, Radiation therapy, Restaurants, Tomography

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...for Six-year-old Boy with Cancer by Robin Olsen RACHEL and Alex...rime, followed by craniospinal radiation therapy. In January, Rachel returned...chemotherapy and six weeks of radiation therapy before he can go home to stay...
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Quality of Life Varies after Prostate Cancer Therapy

Magazine article; Nutrition Health Review, 2008

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Clinical outcomes, Health care, Prostate cancer, Quality of life, Radiation therapy, Urinary incontinence

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...Life Varies after Prostate Cancer Therapy Quality of life should...tumor), or external-beam radiation. Life-threatening side...damaging effects. Men who had radiation reported the least energy...problems. Patients with external radiation tended to have bowel and erectile...
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21 Cancers Linked to Radiation Exposure

Magazine article by Tim Dyhouse; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 92, November 2004

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Cancer, Federal legislation, Human exposure, Radiation, Veterans benefits

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21 Cancers Linked to Radiation Exposure by Tim Dyhouse Help...who suffer from one of 21 cancers (see below) presumed to...those who contracted certain cancers and diseases. In 2000, Public...noted that "with so many cancers falling in the presumptive...veterans who think they have a cancer that is related to their exposure...
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Postscripts

Magazine article; Nutrition Health Review, 2010

Subjects:

Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, Radiation therapy

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...immunologist at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, and...heart health and may reduce cancer risk. New research suggests...STUDY of 9,000 childhood cancer survivors, 2.5 percent...speculated that anti-cancer radiation therapy might have damaged the pancreas...

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Newspaper Articles on: (radiation OR "radiation therapy") AND cancer

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Lack of Radiation Therapy 'Puts Patients into Debt'

Newspaper article; Tweed Daily News (Tweed Heads, Australia), June 29, 2009

Subjects:

Cancer patients--Care and treatment, Radiation, Radiation (Physics), Radiotherapy

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Lack of Radiation Therapy Puts Patients into Debt. LACK of radiation therapy services at Tweed Heads...renew calls for improved cancer treatment services at The...Harbour or Brisbane for radiation therapy treatment. "The Tweed...
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Hospital Beams in State-of-Art Radiation Therapy Unit

Newspaper article; The Chronicle (Toowoomba, Australia), February 5, 2011

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Beams in State-of-Art Radiation Therapy Unit. BIGREAD with Doug...who dont like to discuss cancer or even broach the subject...through to men about St Andrews Cancer Care Centre, incorporating...another third for breast cancer and a third for other cancers. Cpounds sterlingSo there...
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Cancer Treatment Center to Open Soon Treatment: Proton Therapy Called Safer Than Standard Radiation

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 1, 2010

Subjects:

Cancer treatment--Safety and security measures, Cancer--Care and treatment, Cancer--Safety and security measures, Radiation (Physics)--Safety and security measures, Radiation--Safety and security measures

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Cancer Treatment Center to Open...Called Safer Than Standard Radiation. Byline: Robert Sanchez bsanchez@dailyherald.com Cancer patients soon will be able...which is an advanced form of radiation therapy that uses proton beams to treat a variety of cancers. Like traditional radiation...therapy, proton therapy kills cancer by preventing the cells...
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CT Scan Radiation Might Cause Cancer Later

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 21, 2009

Subjects:

CAT scans--Health aspects, CAT scans--Reports, CT imaging--Health aspects, CT imaging--Reports, Cancer research--Health aspects, Cancer research--Reports, Cancer treatment--Health aspects, Cancer treatment--Reports, Cancer--Care and treatment, Cancer--Health aspects, Cancer--Reports, Cancer--Research, Diagnostic imaging--Health aspects, Diagnostic imaging--Reports, Oncology, Experimental--Health aspects, Oncology, Experimental--Reports, Radiation (Physics)--Health aspects, Radiation (Physics)--Reports, Radiation--Health aspects, Radiation--Reports

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CT Scan Radiation Might Cause Cancer Later. Byline: Nicole Ostrow...tomography scans may cause cancer decades later, according...done in 2007. Most of the cancers are predicted to strike women...of Internal Medicine. The cancer forecast was based on an estimate...
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Study Faults Partial Radiation for Breast Cancer

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 19, 2011

Subjects:

Breast cancer--Care and treatment, Breast cancer--Research, Cancer research, Cancer treatment, Cancer--Care and treatment, Cancer--Research, Nuclear radiation, Oncology, Experimental, Radiotherapy

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Study Faults Partial Radiation for Breast Cancer. Byline...230,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year in...Dr. Peter Ravdin, breast cancer chief at the UT Health Science...or ductal carcinoma in situ cancer that is confined to a milk...which women with invasive cancers most need chemotherapy versus...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (radiation OR "radiation therapy") AND cancer

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Radiation Sickness

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...a plant or laboratory, since radiation effects are cumulative. Moreover, exposure to the ultraviolet radiation of the sun can cause tissue destruction...mutations that can lead to skin cancer . Radiation sickness may be fairly mild and...
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Ultraviolet Radiation

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...less than 5%) of the suns radiation and is also produced artificially...arc lamp. The ultraviolet radiation in sunlight is divided into...cause melanomatous skin cancer ; UVB (280 320 nanometers), stronger radiation that increases in the summer...
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Gamma Radiation

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...accompanies alpha or beta radiation, as a nucleus emitting those...The applications of gamma radiation are much the same as those...gamma ray sources are used for cancer treatment and for diagnostic...indicated that a flux of gamma radiation is reaching the earth from...
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Synchrotron Radiation

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...In astronomy, synchrotron radiation has been suggested as the...astronomy ). Synchrotron radiation is employed in a host of applications...industry. Both ultraviolet radiation and X rays generated by synchrotrons...especially certain forms of skin cancer...
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Cancer , in Medicine

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...early detection of skin cancers. Suspicion of a tumor...in the treatment of cancer have led to greatly...chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. In recent years immunotherapy...For most kinds of cancer, surgery remains the...most effective if the cancer is caught while still localized. Some cancers that spread to the...

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