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Radiation therapy uses high-energy radiation to shrink tumors and kill cancer cells. -X-rays, -gamma rays, -charged particles. are types of radiation used for cancer treatment. The radiation may be delivered by. 1. a machine outside the body (external-beam radiation therapy)
It is not to be confused with Radiation (pain) or Radiology. Radiation therapy or radiotherapy, often abbreviated RT, RTx, or XRT, is therapy using ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control or kill malignant cells and normally delivered by a linear accelerator. Radiation therapy may be curative in a number of types of cancer if they are localized to one area of the body.