Radiotherapy, or radiation therapy, is the clinical use of high energy rays (ionizing radiation) to induce DNA damage in all exposed cells to ultimately kill cancer cells or prevent cancer growth.

Proctitis affects the rectum, whereas ulcerative colitis can affect the colon, the rectum, or both parts of the intestine. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD ...

Objectives: To develop a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based radiomics model for predicting the severity of radiation proctitis (RP) in cervical cancer patients’ post-radiotherapy. Methods: We ...

A condition in which the tissue lining the rectum becomes inflamed. There are many possible causes of proctitis, including STDs. Symptoms of proctitis can include rectal bleeding, anal and rectal pain ...

Melatonin is under development for the treatment of radiodermatitis, radiation cystitis, radiation proctitis, radiation vaginitis, low anterior resection syndrome and actinic (solar) keratosis. It is ...

Monash University offers a 2 year graduate entry to practice Masters degree program that meets the requirements for graduates to become registered radiation therapists. The Master of Radiation Therapy ...

and may only be effective for some patients with cumulative radiation doses greater than 27 Gy and acute radiation proctitis (Farrugia et al., 2019). Local application of materials that can achieve ...

Cosmic radiation consists of energetic charged particles, such as protons and Helium ions, moving through space. They originate from events beyond our solar system and from the sun. By the time cosmic ...