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 are already a lot of good answers. I thought maybe you’d be interested in this video from kurzgesagt/in a nutshell about how your own body fights cancer. It touches on some things that have been explained here.