Radiation Therapy- Using one Fatal Substance to cure another

There have been countless stories of how scientists have sacrificed themselves for the greater good of mankind. All of these sacrifices are to be cherished and respected but if there is one such story which stands out from the lot, it is the story of the sacrifice of Madam Marie Curie. Credited with the invention of radioactive substances at a time when its advantages and disadvantages were not known, she succumbed to its effects but not before gifting mankind the cure for the most feared disease known, cancer.

Further research and study followed and what we got is the procedure without which the treatment of cancer would not have become possible. That procedure goes by the name of radiation therapy. We have all heard that saying about how only poison can neutralize poison. Never before this quotation has felt truer than in this case where one fatal substance is used to cure a person of another fatal disease.

Radiation therapy uses ionized radiation on the infected part of the body to damage the DNA of that particular part leading to cellular death. The allied professional who carries out this process is called a radiologist. Like every other medical procedure, it comes with its own set of side effects but when life is at stake, not many people care about side effects. Radiation therapy has made large strides in the field of medical science and one can expect that to continue with more research being done in this area. By - Vatsal

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