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Cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation (x-rays) to kill cancer cells is called radiotherapy or radiation therapy. The two types of this therapy are external beam and internal radiation therapy. Radiotherapy is either used before surgery to shrink the size of the tumor or after surgery to kill the remaining cancer cells.

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Is a bilobectomy necessary for lung cancer in a 45-year-old?

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Is my mother's invasive intraductal breast cancer curable?

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What do my mom's breast cancer pathology result really mean?

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What factors affect my friend's survival with lung cancer?

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Does limited-stage cancer have better outcomes for my uncle?

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Is there a way to manage non-obstructive azoospermia?

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Are brain metastases from lung cancer treatable at age 59?

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How to treat metastatic clear cell RCC in a 55-year-old man?

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Why is chemo needed after endometrial cancer surgery at 52?

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How does laminectomy help spinal cancer patients?

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