THE onset of a strong smell such as burnt toast or rubber - which only you can detect - has long been thought to be a symptom of a serious health condition. 12:00, Wed, Dec 28, 2016. GETTY. Many people believe smelling burnt toast is a sign of a brain tumour.
Radiation therapy, or radiotherapy, uses various forms of radiation to safely and effectively treat prostate cancer. It works by damaging the genetic material within the prostate cancer cells and limiting their ability to successfully reproduce. When these damaged cancer cells die, the body naturally eliminates them.
Radiation therapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses beams of intense energy to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy most often uses X-rays, but protons or other types of energy also can be used. The term radiation therapy most often refers to external beam radiation therapy. During this type of radiation, the high-energy beams come from a machine outside of your body that aims the beams at a precise point on your body.