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2. Radiation-induced cancer - Wikipedia

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   Cancer is a stochastic effect of radiation, meaning that it only has a probability of occurrence, as opposed to deterministic effects which always happen over a certain dose threshold. The consensus of the nuclear industry, nuclear regulators, and governments, is that the incidence of cancers due to ionizing radiation can be modeled as ...

3. Radiation therapy - Wikipedia

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   Cancer Radiation is a potential cause of cancer, and secondary malignancies are seen in some patients. Cancer survivors are already more likely than the general population to develop malignancies due to a number of factors including lifestyle choices, genetics, and previous radiation treatment.

4. Cancer - Wikipedia

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   Residential exposure to radon gas, for example, has similar cancer risks as passive smoking. Radiation is a more potent source of cancer when combined with other cancer-causing agents, such as radon plus tobacco smoke. Radiation can cause cancer in most parts of the body, in all animals and at any age.

5. 5 cancer types where screenings save the most lives - AOL

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   Breast cancer was the only type for which treatment advances prevented more deaths. ... MRI, biopsy, robotic surgery and various forms of radiation treatments have all saved many lives."

6. Cancer treatment - Wikipedia

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   Cancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment. [1] Treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy including small-molecule drugs or monoclonal antibodies, [2] and PARP inhibitors such as olaparib. [3]

7. Some Early Forms of Breast Cancer May Not Need Treatment ...

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   A long-awaited study offers hope to women with early stage breast cancer. ... and doctors only have crude ways to distinguish them. ... radiation, and often hormone therapy drugs.