What is the difference between the types of radiation that cause cancer and the types of radiation used to treat cancer?
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There is not much of a difference – it’s the same type of energy being fed into your body. When they use it for medical treatment they tend to target specific parts of the body – if you have a tumor in your stomach somewhere then they’re not gonna want to expose your legs and feet to radiation unnecessarily, to try to limit the area of damage.
It is unfortunate but this also can cause damage to nearby parts of the body (skin and tissue damage, or even new cancer growths, but it’s a risk they try to control).
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