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Radiation therapy takes advantage of cancer's poor DNA repair abilities – an oncologist and physicist explain how

  • Written by Behzad Ebrahimi, Assistant Professor of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago
Radiation therapy takes advantage of cancer's poor DNA repair abilities – an oncologist and physicist explain howAdvances in radiotherapy involve combining new technologies with clinical expertise. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Nearly half of all cancer patients undergo radiation therapy as part of their care. Ionizing radiation, or the emission of high-energy waves or particles, works as a therapy by damaging a cancer cell’s DNA....

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