Radiation Oncology

Be careful what you eat. - 102

"We need changes in the direction the cancer research is going.
We need access to care beyond mammograms.
We need to know what is causing the disease, and we need a cure. " - Barbara Brenner - 103

Cancer cells divide without control or order. - 11787

Cancer affects people at all ages, but risk increases with age. - 11788

Smoking is the single biggest preventable cause of cancer. - 11789

Excess radiation exposure may cause cancer. - 507

About two-thirds of all cancer patients will receive radiation therapy. The average patient receiving external beam radiation therapy receives 29 treatments. - 508