Eli5 How does radiation therapy actually work? Like how doesnt it break down more of the body and make the cancer worse or something like that? And does it target only cancer area or everything?

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Eli5 How does radiation therapy actually work? Like how doesnt it break down more of the body and make the cancer worse or something like that? And does it target only cancer area or everything?

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There is a really good explanation of how it targets on a video about the guy who stuck his head in a particle collider. I wish I had the link but there is a short doc. About it and it goes into depth about the ability to tune very precisely where the radiation hits in the body.