Oral Cancer Treatments – Radiation Therapy
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Radiation Therapy for Oral Cancer
At Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), radiation oncologists use radiation therapy to treat oral cancer. They also use it to relieve oral cancer symptoms.
Radiation therapy maybe a treatment option for oral cancer patients who cannot undergo surgery or who have small tumors. In some cases, radiation therapy is used in conjunction with surgery. Oftentimes, the radiation is administered to shrink the tumor or eradicate cancer cells before the surgical procedure is performed. It may also be given after surgery to kill off any cancer cells that remain in the affected area.
There are a number of innovative tools and technologies that allow radiation oncologists at CTCA hospitals to deliver high doses of radiation to cancer cells, while limiting exposure to healthy tissues. Two such radiation therapies are Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) and 3D conformal radiation therapy.
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