Radiotherapy, or extremely potent energy rays, are used in radiotherapy to kill cancer cells in a particular location. Many cancers can be successfully treated with it, but some malignancies, like as head and neck tumours, react better to radiation.
Radiotherapy, like other cancer therapies, has a variety of applications:
With the use of curative radiation, cancer can be cured or put into remission (making it undetectable for a long time).
In order to increase the effectiveness of other cancer treatments like surgery and chemotherapy, adjuvant or neo-adjuvant Radiotherapy may be administered before, after, or in conjunction with such treatments. Palliative radiation is used to lessen pain or other symptoms related to a disease by shrinking the cancer or preventing it from spreading, rather than treating cancer.
