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1. Living With Cancer: What is radiation therapy? - Mayo Clinic News Network

   Radiation therapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses beams of intense energy to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy is used to treat nearly every type of ...

2. External beam radiation for prostate cancer - Mayo Clinic

   Learn about the risks and results of this procedure, which is used to deliver radiation therapy for prostate cancer.

3. Prostate cancer - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

   In some situations, doctors may recommend both types of radiation therapy. Freezing or heating prostate tissue. Ablative therapies destroy prostate tissue with ...

4. Stereotactic body radiotherapy - Type - Mayo Clinic

   Like other forms of radiation therapy, stereotactic body radiotherapy works by hurting the DNA inside the tumor cells. The damage from the radiation stops the ...

5. Mayo Clinic experts highlight advances in breast cancer research: Decreasing the need for chemotherapy and reducing the intensity of radiation therapy

   ... treatments and may allow for shorter and less intense radiation therapy courses. Prognostic Biomarker Identified in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Potential ...

6. Mayo Clinic Minute: Breaking through radiation therapy myths

   Dr. Jennifer L. Peterson, a radiation oncologist, helps clear up some of the misconceptions about radiation therapy.

7. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) - Care at Mayo Clinic

   Your radiation oncology team works closely with medical oncologists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, other medical specialists and other experts to ...

8. Radiation Therapy With or Without Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Stage III-IV Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Who Have Undergone Surgery - Mayo Clinic

   Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, work in different ways to stop ...

9. Radiation Therapy, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin with or without Trastuzumab in Treating Patients with Esophageal Cancer - Mayo Clinic

   Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop ...

10. Radiation enteritis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    This complication of radiation therapy for cancer can cause stomach pain, vomiting or diarrhea. For most people, symptoms go away within weeks.