Article: Give staff inservice on treating radiation patients.

Article: Mayo researchers find few side effects from ...
Cancer Weekly;  October 27, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... about toxicity and side effects from the treatment ... fear of this kind of radiation treatment on the part of some ... there are few serious side effects," says the study ... radiotherapy and its side effects have led many urologists ...

Article: Vitamins C And E Combination Fights Side Effects Of ...
Cancer Weekly;  April 3, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... incontinence, usually clear up within a few weeks of the last radiation treatment. However, the symptoms do not clear up in 10%-20 ... chronic radiation proctitis had not been studied before. Radiation treatment causes oxygen free radicals to form from cells that have ...

Article: Emory First in Georgia to Use New and Faster Radiation ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 21, 2008 ;     590 words ... ... rectum and the seminal vesicles, and lowering the probability of incontinence or impotence, two potential side effects of radiation treatment. "The establishment of this new capability means that Emory will be one of the most unique radiation ...

Article: Exercise eases chemo side effects, MU study finds
Columbia Daily Tribune;  July 6, 2006 ;     643 words ... ... reduces the debilitating side effects of cancer treatment ... undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment, exercise cuts down on side effects such as weight gain or ... said. "Living with the side effects of cancer treatment can ...

Article: Exercise eases chemo side effects, MU study finds.
Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO);  July 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... reduces the debilitating side effects of cancer treatment ... undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment, exercise cuts down on side effects such as weight gain or ... said. "Living with the side effects of cancer treatment can ...

Article: ONE JAB TO CURE TESTICLE CANCER; New treatment means fewer ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  October 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... carboplatin, instead of the usual radiation treatment. The guinea pigs had fewer side effects and were able to get back to normal life ... The trials focused on minimising the side effects of treatments both short and long-term ...

Article: Obesity Significantly Increases Side Effects of ...
Obesity & Diabetes Week;  November 16, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... This is a surprising finding, since most side effects of radiation treatment are based on the amount of normal tissue that ... SBRT) without patients developing the late side effects of pain and skin reactions. The study shows that ...