Radiation Therapy – A Change of Heart
Radiation used to be the best treatment for cancer, especially for the brain which is so fragile where less invasive procedures are preferred. There is however a dark side to radiation treatment, for however much advancement in the precision and delivery it still has many side-effects that many wish to avoid.
Radiation kills cancer cells-literally, but sadly it also kills surrounding healthy cells that with a healthy person can easily regenerate once the body has recovered. For those who suffer from weakened immune systems(sadly it is also affected by radiation therapy) are less likely to fully recover from such treatment hence the rising thought into more natural cures. From cancer fighting diets to food supplements, they are better accepted than radiation therapy nowadays mainly because of cost and the many much-feared side-effects.
Medicine has indeed taken leaps and strides in the fight against cancer but it still has to discover the holy grail of its treatment. Nature has the potential to provide all the cures we need, let’s just hope it’s still there for us to be discovered….