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Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy, x-ray therapy, or irradiation) is the use of a certain type of energy (called ionizing radiation) to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation therapy injures or destroys cells in the area being treated (the “target tissue”) by damaging their genetic material, making it impossible for these cells to continue to grow and divide. Although radiation damages both cancer cells and normal cells, most normal cells can recover from the effects of radiation and function properly. The goal of radiation therapy is to damage as many cancer cells as possible, while limiting harm to nearby healthy tissue.
New treatment option for bad breath

New treatment option for bad breath

Radiation therapy to combat early-stage prostate cancer does not affect sexual and urinary function

Radiation therapy to combat early-stage prostate cancer does not affect sexual and urinary function

Asian American and Pacific Island women less likely to receive breast-conserving surgery

Asian American and Pacific Island women less likely to receive breast-conserving surgery

Tool to predict potential ovarian failure after radiation

Tool to predict potential ovarian failure after radiation

Doctors are able to predict sterility in women following radiation treatment for cancer

Doctors are able to predict sterility in women following radiation treatment for cancer

Pioneering new thyroid treatment

Pioneering new thyroid treatment

Doctor blames parents for return of sick girl's cancer

Doctor blames parents for return of sick girl's cancer

Research urges a new approach to cancer detection

Research urges a new approach to cancer detection

For men diagnosed with prostate cancer, there is no risk of recurrence if external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is delayed by several months

For men diagnosed with prostate cancer, there is no risk of recurrence if external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is delayed by several months

Half of 580 women diagnosed with breast cancer in one study experienced lymphedema

Half of 580 women diagnosed with breast cancer in one study experienced lymphedema

Texas girl with Hodgkin's sees return of the disease- treatment to go ahead

Texas girl with Hodgkin's sees return of the disease- treatment to go ahead

Exercise helps recovery after chemotherapy for breast cancer

Exercise helps recovery after chemotherapy for breast cancer

12-year-old cancer victim taken into care after parents block treatment on religious grounds

12-year-old cancer victim taken into care after parents block treatment on religious grounds

One-a-day tablet treats common infection

One-a-day tablet treats common infection

Triple approach is promising against cancer cells

Triple approach is promising against cancer cells

Shorter course of 8 gray radiotherapy effective for palliation of painful bone metastases

Shorter course of 8 gray radiotherapy effective for palliation of painful bone metastases

A new technique might allow women diagnosed with cancer the opportunity to have children when chemotherapy and radiation treatments rob them of their fertility

A new technique might allow women diagnosed with cancer the opportunity to have children when chemotherapy and radiation treatments rob them of their fertility

Postmenopausal women who follow a low-fat diet have 24 percent less chance of a recurrence of breast cancer

Postmenopausal women who follow a low-fat diet have 24 percent less chance of a recurrence of breast cancer

Study shows the longest reported survival rate for patients with locally advanced lung cancer

Study shows the longest reported survival rate for patients with locally advanced lung cancer

Tamoxifen study counters hopes that drug might protect the heart

Tamoxifen study counters hopes that drug might protect the heart

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