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2. ‘Does smartphone exposure cause brain cancer?’: Ask a doctor

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   Public fears of cell phone exposure were elevated after an early trial in 2008 found a correlation between glioblastoma (an aggressive malignant brain cancer) and acoustic neuromas, which Saphier ...

3. Photothermal therapy - Wikipedia

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   Photothermal therapy (PTT) refers to efforts to use electromagnetic radiation (most often in infrared wavelengths) for the treatment of various medical conditions, including cancer. This approach is an extension of photodynamic therapy, in which a photosensitizer is excited with specific band light. This activation brings the sensitizer to an ...

4. Radiation-induced cancer - Wikipedia

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   Radiation-induced cancer. Exposure to ionizing radiation is known to increase the future incidence of cancer, particularly leukemia. The mechanism by which this occurs is well understood, but quantitative models predicting the level of risk remain controversial. The most widely accepted model posits that the incidence of cancers due to ionizing ...

5. Electromagnetic radiation and health - Wikipedia

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   Shortwave. [edit] Shortwave (1.6 to 30 MHz) diathermy (where EM waves are used to produce heat) can be used as a therapeutic technique for its analgesic effect and deep muscle relaxation, but has largely been replaced by ultrasound. Temperatures in muscles can increase by 4–6 °C, and subcutaneous fat by 15 °C.

6. As cancer treatment advances, patients and doctors push ... - AOL

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   For cancer patients, the harsh side effects of powerful drugs have long been the trade-off for living longer. Jill Feldman, 54, of Deerfield, Illinois, has lived 15 years with lung cancer, thanks ...

7. Photodynamic therapy - Wikipedia

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   Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a form of phototherapy involving light and a photosensitizing chemical substance used in conjunction with molecular oxygen to elicit cell death (phototoxicity). [1] PDT is used in treating acne, wet age-related macular degeneration, psoriasis, and herpes. It is used to treat malignant cancers, [2] including head ...

8. New rectal cancer treatment may reduce risk of recurrence ...

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   Sweden, which has a population of about 10.5 million people, has about 2,000 people diagnosed with rectal cancer every year, and one-third of those have a high risk of recurrence.

9. 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]