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Radiation Oncology

Radiation Oncology

Radiology, which uses radiation for imaging and diagnosis in medicine, is not the same as radiation oncology, the medical specialty that deals with prescribing radiation. A radiation oncologist may recommend radiation as part of adjuvant therapy with the goal of curing the cancer. It can also be used therapeutically or as palliative care (where the goal is local disease control or symptom reduction when a cure is not achievable) (where the therapy has survival benefit and can be curative).

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