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2. Radiation therapy - Wikipedia

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   Radiation therapy or radiotherapy (RT, RTx, or XRT) is a treatment using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of cancer therapy to either kill or control the growth of malignant cells. It is normally delivered by a linear particle accelerator .

3. Hospitals begin offering breakthrough radiation therapy for ...

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   Radiation is part of treatment for about half of cancer patients, yet many types of radiation therapy don’t reach all parts of the body, according to the American Cancer Society.

4. Does Adjuvant Therapy Prevent Cancer Recurrence? - AOL

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   Chemotherapy and radiation therapy might both be used as adjuvant therapies. This is known as chemoradiation. Hormone Therapy. Hormone therapy, also called endocrine therapy, is an adjuvant ...

5. History of radiation therapy - Wikipedia

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   The history of radiation therapy or radiotherapy can be traced back to experiments made soon after the discovery of X-rays (1895), when it was shown that exposure to radiation produced cutaneous burns. Influenced by electrotherapy and escharotics —the medical application of caustic substances—doctors began using radiation to treat growths ...

6. Cancer treatment - Wikipedia

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   Cancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment. [1] Treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy including small-molecule drugs or monoclonal antibodies, [2] and PARP inhibitors such as olaparib. [3]

7. FLASH Radiotherapy - Wikipedia

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   FLASH radiotherapy is an emerging form of radiotherapy which delivers a high dose of radiation to the patient in an ultra-short time frame which produces a tumour killing effect comparable to conventional radiotherapy but with less damage to surrounding healthy tissue. The treatment is in the early stages of development and is not yet widely ...