Radiation Therapy at Medical Glossary

What is it? therapy that uses high-energy x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors (External radiation by an x-ray machine sends the x-ray through the skin. Internal radiation puts radioisotopes into the body through thin plastic tubes).

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