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Radiation therapy kills cancer cells.
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Is it true that radiation therapy kills cancer cells?
Yes. Multiple reference and peer-reviewed sources state that radiation therapy kills cancer cells, including a review stating that at high doses radiation therapy kills cancer cells by damaging their DNA, and an encyclopedia entry describing radiotherapy as killing or controlling malignant cells.
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Radiation therapy. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_therapy
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Radiation. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation
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Dhakad, G. G., Patil, G., Nikum, A. C., & Shirsat, S. P. (2022). Review on Radiation Therapy on Cancer. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.52711/2321-5836.2022.00002
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University2-7, E. D. B. I. L. N. q. M. M. M. o. O. M. F. q. Y. E. Z. q. M. R. J. q. I. M. I. q. A. P. P. S. ". a. T. C. f. R. a. N. S. S. I. R. o. U. T. S. M. (2026). MODERN ASPECTS OF THE USE OF PHOTON RADIATION THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20747338
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Biological response of cancer cells to radiation treatment - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2014.00024
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The roles of radio-functional natural chemicals for the development of cancer radiation therapy. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2018-0057
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Eide, H., Knudtsen, I., Sandhu, V., Løndalen, A., Halvorsen, A., Abravan, A., Kure, E., Bogsrud, T., Brustugun, O., Kyte, J., Malinen, E., & Helland, Å. (2018). Serum cytokine profiles and metabolic tumor burden in patients with non-small cell lung cancer undergoing palliative thoracic radiation therapy. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2017.12.007
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Li, Z., Hu, Z., Xiong, X., & Song, X. (2024). A review of the efficacy and safety of iodine-125 seed implantation for lung cancer treatment. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctarc.2024.100844
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