For many people with cancer, radiation treatment is new and unfamiliar. The treatment planning process, length of treatment, and side effects are not always the same for each person. We hope to provide patients and their loved ones with useful information to help understand what may be involved and what to anticipate with radiation treatments. Below we provide general information to help learn more about radiation, but ask your doctor whether the information here applies to you.
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