Radiology and Oncology

Radiation Oncology & Cancer

Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Doctors who specialize in treating cancer with radiation (radiation oncologists) use radiation therapy to treat a wide variety of cancers. Radiation therapy uses carefully targeted and regulated doses of high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells. Radiation causes some cancer cells to die immediately after treatment, but most die because the radiation damages the chromosomes and DNA so that the cells can no longer divide and the tumour can't grow. This scientific session comprises of  different types of cancers and the treatment involving  radiation therapy such as Head and Neck cancers,  Lung cancers, Gastrointestinal cancers, Gynaecologic and breast cancers, Hematologic cancers, Hyperthyroidism and Thyroid cancer, Skin Cancer, Cervical cancer, Anal cancer and Prostate cancer.