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Can radiation therapy help to treat lung infections?
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No: Radiation is not used to treat infection. But if because of a tumor obstructing an airway a person has developed post obstructive pneumonia, radiation can help reduce the size of tumor and open an airway. Antibiotic is usually used to treat the infection.
Answered 8/27/2011
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No: Infection is treated based on what organism causes the infection which is done by medications such as antibacterial or antifungal.
Answered 9/28/2016
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