Research Progress Of Post-radiation Brain Injury

Radiotherapy is one of common treatment for cerebral tumor.Improvedsurvival following radiation therapy may come with a cost, includingthe potential complication of radiation brain injury.Radiation braininjury impacts the quality of life in cancer survivors, and it is essentialto detect and effectively treat this entity as early as possible. There areno clear conclusion about the specific mechanisms for radiation braininjury.More and more studies and literature suggested that brain damagecaused by radiation therapy is a prolonged, dynamic and complex processof a number of interactions.We reviewed the literatures of post-radiationbrain injury and introduced the research progress.