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Radiation therapy is a vital tool in the fight against cancer, but it can leave behind lasting effects. Late radiation injury, sometimes known as radiation fibrosis or late radiation toxicity, can manifest years after cancer treatment has concluded. However, there's assistance available in the form of Hyperbaric Oxygenation (HBOT).

Radiation therapy is used to kill cancerous tissue, however it may also cause injury to nearby healthy tissue in up to 20 percent of patients.

Radiation therapy is used to kill cancerous tissue, however it may also cause injury to nearby healthy tissue in up to 20 per cent of patients. This is called radiation tissue injury. Hyperbaric oxygenation is the preferred treatment globally for the side effects of radiation therapy and is paid for by most private healthcare insurance.

The EPA has reissued its call to Mayo householders to get their homes tested for high levels of the cancer causing gas, radon.

Twenty per cent of homes tested in Mayo for radon, after a local awareness campaign on the issue, have been shown to have unacceptable levels of the cancer causing gas.

Twenty per cent of homes tested in Mayo for radon, after a local awareness campaign on the issue, have been shown to have unacceptable levels of the cancer causing gas.

A shocking one in six homes in Mayo have unsafe levels of radon, making the county one of the worst blackspots in the country for the deadly gas linked to 250 lung cancer cases each year.

New legislation will ensure that patients can continue to benefit from MRI scans, according to MEP Marian Harkin.

New legislation will ensure that patients can continue to benefit from MRI scans, according to MEP Marian Harkin.

The numbers of calls received by radon detection experts has soared since news broke before the weekend that Galway has significantly high levels of cancer-causing radon, with 98 homes found to be above the acceptable level.