Radiation
Exposure to ionizing radiation, including therapeutic and palliative radiation therapy, includes DNA damage through DNA double-strand fractures and the formation of oxygen free radicals.
| Radioresistant Tumours | Radiosensitive Tumours |
|---|---|
| • Sarcomas (fibrosarcoma, liposarcoma, myosarcoma) | |
| • Malignant Melanoma | |
| • Large bowel Adenocarcinoma | |
| • Gliomas | • Malignant lymphomas |
| • Seminoma | |
| • Medulloblastoma | |
| • Neuroblastoma | |
| • Wilm's Tumour (paediatric age group only) | |
| • Early Cervical carcinoma | |
| • vaginal carcinoma |