Radiation Therapy
Cancer treatment is one of the most beneficial non-power uses of nuclear technology in the form of nuclear medicine. A prominent example of this is radiation therapy for treating cancers. This mode of treatment uses radiation energy for targeting cancerous tissue. Various methods employing radiation are used to destroy the cancer cells by disrupting their DNA. The high-energy radiation beams are generated using medical accelerator devices or by using certain radionuclides as source of radiation.
