We talk with Dr. Safia Ahmed a radiation oncologist who specializes in caring for adults and children with sarcoma - she works with our sister Wendy at the Mayo Clinic!

Dr. Ahmed is a Senior Associate Consultant in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. And she is an Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

She has giving numerous lectures and research presentations on a variety of radiation and sarcoma topics including late effects.

In this episode Dr. Ahmed breaks down all things in radiation! How does it work? What are the different types of radiation and how do they compare? What are the side effects are radiation? What is the maximum dose of radiation? And so much more!!

music: Rospigg photo: NCI