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2. Cancer Radiation Therapy: How It Works and The Types - WebMD

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   The two main types of radiation therapy for cancer are: External beam radiation therapy. A large machine aims radiation beams from outside your body to a cancer tumor from many angles. It can ...

3. What You Need to Know About Brachytherapy - Healthline

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   There’s a very small risk that some seeds could migrate to other parts of the body, like the lungs. Possible side effects depend on where the radiation is implanted. Some side effects may ...

4. Radiation Therapy: Purpose, Risks, Procedure, and More

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   Radiation therapy is a cancer treatment that uses high-energy waves to damage or destroy cancer cells. The waves stop cancer cells from growing and making more cancer cells by affecting the DNA ...

5. Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy: Treatment and Side Effects

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   Long-term side effects, which can last up to a year or longer after treatment, may include: A slight darkening of the skin. Enlarged pores. Skins feels more or less sensitive. A thickening of ...

6. Radiation therapist - Wikipedia

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   A radiation therapist, therapeutic radiographer or radiotherapist is an allied health professional who works in the field of radiation oncology.Radiation therapists plan and administer radiation treatments to cancer patients in most Western countries including the United Kingdom, Australia, most European countries, and Canada, where the minimum education requirement is often a baccalaureate ...

7. What Is a Radiation Oncologist? - WebMD

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   External Beam Radiation Therapy. External beam radiation therapy comes from a source outside your body that is directed at the cancer site. This is the most common type of radiation therapy ...