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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My wife had Radiation after Chemo for tripple neg breast cancer. Their main concern was the damage it could cause her heart because of where the cancer was.

there is also a longer conversation about what cancer actually is.

TLDR chemo and radiation damage everything around.