Radiation therapy

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What is Radiation therapy?

Radiation therapy uses high powered x-rays or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells.

Alternative Names:

Therapy - radiation; Radiotherapy

Posts on Radiation therapy (250)

I found the book and copied the information: "Ultraviolet blood irradiation therapy is sai...
My mom has a very rare kind of cancer called myxoid fibro sarcoma in her left temporal (hea...
Is there any definitive data that relates non-invasive Prostate cancer and Bladder cancer? ...
Hi, Had breast cancer 7 years ago. My friend had it 10 years ago. She was just diagnos...
I had a lumpectomy-diagnosis Malignant Cystosarcoma phyloides, low grade (phyllode tumor).M...
I recently had surgery to remove a 4-5mm DCIS, non-invasive. I have started my 30 radiatio...
Dr. Lupo, I am 55 years old, female, and had my thyroid gland removed this February beca...
I am 66. Thourgh biopsy a small tumor ( 1.3 cm) was found to be IDC. I test hormone recepto...
My Wife 48, is currently on her 3rd reoccurance, being treated on Gemzar, PET scan showed h...
I had a lumpectomy to my left breast along with sentinal node removal. Two sentinal nodes ...

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Interview with a cancer specialist (part 2)


by Phil Zeltzman, DVM, DACVS, Sep 29, 2009 05:45AM - 3 Comments
Here is another question I recently asked Dr Sara Fiocchi, a cancer specialist (aka on...

Enlarged Thyroid


by 4lynnie, Jun 09, 2008 07:44AM
I am 55 years old, and even as a teenager was diagnosed with thyroiditis. I had a sc...

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