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Can you please tell me why it'sthat radiation is supposed to cause cancer but the cure is radition?
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Both effects: Radiation of normal tissue has resulted in fibrosis followed by some cases of malignant transformation such as therapy following treatment of a benign bone lesion. Further mutations in oncogenes occurs here. When tumors, especially of lymphocytic origin such as lymphoma is treated one can see the lesion completely regress.
Answered 6/12/2017
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