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Health Encyclopedia: Radiation Sickness
Radiation sickness is illness and symptoms resulting from excessive exposure to radiation. Exposure may be accidental or intentional (as in
Alternative Names
Radiation poisoning
Considerations
There are two basic types of radiation: ionizing and nonionizing.
Nonionizing radiation comes in the form of light, radio waves, microwaves and radar. This kind of radiation usually does not cause tissue damage.
Ionizing radiat...
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Expert & Community Posts
Radiation Beam Therapy: Treating Prostate Cancer and Minimizing ED
By Dr. Justin Harmon , Health ExpertWhen using radiation therapy to treat prostate cancer, the goal is to focus the radiation "beam"... Read more »
Can you undergo Radiation & Breast Reconstruction at the same time?
By Angi , Health Expert...waiting to find an oncologist I like, get in with a radiation oncologist, and see a surgical... Read more »
Guide to Radiation
By Jacki Donaldson , Health Expert...HealthCentral's Expert Patients, I have written a guide to radiation.When it comes to breast... Read more »
Basics of Cancer Treatment
By Kevin Berman, MD, PhD , Health Expert...treating cancer is with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. It makes sense that if there is a... Read more »
Brachytherapy and Erectile Dysfunction
By Dr. Justin Harmon , Health Expert...can have on erectile function. We will now discuss radiation therapy. There are several types... Read more »
Health Guide
Radiation for Breast Cancer: Radiation with Lumpectomy, Mammosite Radiation, Brachytherapy
When it comes to breast cancer treatment, radiation can seem like a walk in the park compared to major surgery and months of chemotherapy. For me, it was a breeze. I had already survived a lumpectomy... Read more »Breast Cancer Treatments for Breast Cancer Stages 0-5
The three major treatments of breast cancer are surgery, radiation, and drug therapy. No one treatment fits every patient, and combination therapy is usually required. The choice is... Read more »Brain Tumors: Primary: Radiotherapy
...has been surgically removed, microscopic cancer cells often remain in the surrounding brain tissue. Radiation targets the residual tumor with the goal of reducing its size or stopping its... Read more »Ovarian Cancer: Radiation Therapy
Radiation TherapyRadiation therapy is not typically used in ovarian cancer. This is because radiation would need to be given to the entire abdomen and pelvis, increasing its toxicity. Radiation is... Read more »Prostate Cancer: Options if Treatments Fail
...meant that cancer was still present.Note: It is common for PSA levels to temporarily rise following radiation seed implantation without signaling cancer recurrence.General Prognosis with... Read more »Images
Medications
...medical history (including previous heart disease, radiation therapy in the chest area), and... Read more »
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...medical history (including previous heart disease, radiation treatment to the chest area), and... Read more »
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Related News
Heart Test Raises Cancer Risk for Some
July 24, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A cutting-edge test aimed at diagnosing heart disease might also be putting some people at risk for cancer. Researchers arrived... Read summary »
Radiation Seeds for Breast Cancer
May 05, 2008TORONTO (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- June McNamee counts her family among her many blessings. They were her lifeline when she was diagnosed with... Read summary »
Easing Radiation Side Effects
May 05, 2008LAFAYETTE, La. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- This year, more than 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Many of them will have... Read summary »
GPS for Prostate Cancer
May 05, 2008SEATTLE (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- When a prostate shifts during radiation treatment for prostate cancer, technicians run the risk of missing the... Read summary »
Extra Radiation Helps Keep Breast Cancer Away
February 19, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women with early-stage breast cancer are seeing the benefits of receiving an additional high dose of radiation (boost dose)... Read summary »
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