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The 76 pages that link to Radiation therapy, each with the reason it gives.

• Radioactive decayRelated: Radiation from selected radionuclides can deliver therapeutic doses to tissue.

• Half-lifeRelated: Radioactive sources used in some treatments lose activity according to their half-lives.

• Medical imagingRelated: Imaging helps define treatment targets and verify their position.

• Ionizing radiationRelated: It exploits radiation-induced molecular damage to control tumors.

• CancerRelated: It can target a tumor locally, alone or alongside other treatments.

• Particle acceleratorRelated: Medical accelerators made precise, high-energy radiation widely available for cancer treatment.

• Nuclear reactionRelated: Some therapies exploit nuclear reactions to deliver radiation or produce therapeutic isotopes.

• Marie CurieRelated: Research on radium helped establish radiation as a tool for treating tumors.

• ChemotherapyCompared with: It delivers damage to a targeted area, while chemotherapy drugs circulate through the body.

• DNA damageRelated: Its therapeutic effect depends partly on damage exceeding a tumor cell’s repair capacity.

• RadioactivityRelated: Radiation from radioactive sources can destroy tumors while treatment plans limit exposure to healthy tissue.

• CisplatinCompared with: Unlike cisplatin’s chemical DNA lesions, radiation produces damage through ionizing energy.

• Nuclear medicineCompared with: External-beam radiation therapy contrasts with nuclear medicine's internally administered radioactive agents.

• BremsstrahlungRelated: Medical linear accelerators produce high-energy bremsstrahlung photons for treatment.

• LymphedemaRelated: Radiation can scar lymphatic vessels and nodes, contributing to secondary lymphedema.

• ImmunotherapyCompared with: Radiation directly damages cells, though it can also interact with immune-based treatment.

• Targeted therapyCompared with: It targets a treated area physically rather than selecting a molecular drug target.

• Pierre CurieRelated: Radium research associated with the Curies helped prompt early medical uses of radiation.

• DNA damage responseRelated: Radiation treatment relies partly on overwhelming tumor-cell repair capacity.

• Radiation doseRelated: Treatment planning specifies absorbed doses to tumors and nearby organs.

• Cancer immunotherapyCompared with: It targets tissue locally, although it can also alter immune responses.

• Photodynamic therapyCompared with: It can treat deep tumors without requiring a photosensitizer or direct access for light.

• Absorbed doseRelated: Treatment plans prescribe absorbed doses to target tissues and limit doses to nearby organs.

• Pituitary adenomaRelated: It may be used for adenomas that persist or recur after other treatment.

• RadiologyCompared with: Unlike diagnostic imaging, it uses radiation primarily to treat rather than visualize disease.

• AcromegalyRelated: It can control persistent pituitary tumor activity when surgery and medicines do not achieve control.

• Linear energy transferNarrower topic: LET informs comparisons among treatment beams and their biological effects in tissue.

• XerostomiaRelated: Radiation involving the head and neck can injure salivary tissue and cause lasting dryness.

• ProstateRelated: It is a major treatment option for localized prostate cancer.

• Alkylating agentCompared with: Radiation creates DNA damage through energy deposition rather than chemical alkyl transfer.

• BrachytherapyNarrower topic: Brachytherapy is a local method within the broader family of radiation treatments.

• Brain tumorRelated: Radiation treats residual disease or tumors that cannot be fully removed.

• Cell-cycle checkpointRelated: Radiation-induced DNA damage engages checkpoints and can shape treatment response.

• Endometrial cancerRelated: It can reduce recurrence risk or treat disease when surgery is unsuitable.

• OncologyRelated: It treats tumors locally, sometimes alongside surgery or drug therapy.

• PhototherapyCompared with: It treats disease with ionizing radiation rather than the nonionizing light used in most phototherapy.

• Radiation-induced cancerRelated: It can rarely cause a second cancer years after treatment while reducing the original cancer.

• Squamous cell carcinomaRelated: It is used for some tumors as definitive treatment or alongside surgery and systemic therapy.

• GlioblastomaRelated: Radiotherapy targets residual infiltrating cells after surgery.

• KeloidRelated: It may be used after keloid removal to reduce recurrence in selected cases.

• Cancer painRelated: Radiotherapy can relieve pain by shrinking painful tumors or bone lesions.

• Hodgkin lymphomaRelated: It can improve disease control while contributing to late effects in nearby tissues.

• HypopituitarismRelated: Radiation near the brain can gradually impair pituitary hormone secretion.

• Medical physicsBroader topic: Medical physicists help plan and verify radiation treatments.

• RadionuclideRelated: Therapeutic radionuclides can irradiate tumors from inside the body or nearby.

• Strontium-90Narrower topic: Strontium-90 beta sources have been used for localized treatments, including some eye therapies.

• Boron neutron capture therapyNarrower topic: BNCT is a radiation treatment whose dose is generated through neutron capture inside tissue.

• Henri BecquerelRelated: Research into radioactive emissions eventually enabled medical uses far beyond Becquerel’s original experiments.

• Oral cancerRelated: Radiation may treat oral tumors or reduce recurrence risk after surgery.

• Penile cancerRelated: Radiation can treat some localized tumors or regional disease without primary surgery.