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Does 'radoitheropy' effect our DNA?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Radiotherapy and Xray radiation can produce a variety of lesions in DNA. It can break the strands, and an Xray dose of 1Gy produces about 1000 single strand breaks.
Double strand breaks in DNA have shown a direct porportionality to radiation dosage.
After treatment for breast cancer, for example, it's been noted that repair is possible, and not always fatal to the DNA. background radiation is different, as our DNA's learnt to cope with this.
Double strand breaks in DNA have shown a direct porportionality to radiation dosage.
After treatment for breast cancer, for example, it's been noted that repair is possible, and not always fatal to the DNA. background radiation is different, as our DNA's learnt to cope with this.