No cancer therapy is without the risk of side effects.<unk>  therapy is a very powerful nuclear scalpel that has to be utilized with exquisite care. For instance, some of the most remarkable cures it has been able to achieve are with cancers of the head and neck. Many of these cancers cannot effectively be treated with other therapies. However,<unk>  damage to nearby vulnerable areas such as the brain and sensory<unk> s can produce irreversible brain atrophy, blindness, etc. The risk of these side effects can be greatly mitigated by several techniques, but they cannot be totally eliminated. Moreover, some patients are more susceptible to such side effects than others and this cannot be predicted. The patient ultimately must decide whether the advantages of a possibly lasting cure outweigh the risks of this treatment when faced with an otherwise incurable cancer.
Fast neutron therapy
Total body irradiation
Irradiation
Stem-cell therapy
Linear particle accelerator
Radiation
Cell therapy
Chemoradiotherapy