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What is radiation therapy?
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Kill cancer by Rads: Use of high energy x-ray typically ( protons, gamma rays etc to name a few other) to cause irreparable damage to a target tumor to destroy the tumor while causing minimal damage to surrounding organs and tissues.
Answered 5/26/2016
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High powered xrays: High powered x-ray beam is directed towards your cancer to kill it. The machines are quite sophisticated so that they deliver the beam to the tumor without destroying a lot of normal tissue.
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