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    How are X-rays used to kill cancer?

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    Radiation therapy uses high-energy radiation to shrink tumors and kill cancer cells . X-rays, gamma rays, and charged particles are types of radiation used for cancer treatment.


    The radiation may be delivered by a machine outside the body (external-beam radiation therapy), or it may come from radioactive material placed in the body near cancer cells (internal radiation therapy, also called brachytherapy).


    Systemic radiation therapy uses radioactive substances, such as radioactive iodine, that travel in the blood to kill cancer cells.


    About half of all cancer patients receive some type of radiation therapy sometime during the course of their treatment.


    More info here...http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/radiation

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