What Is Vulvar Cancer?
9. Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy is a cancer treatment that involves using high energy beams that are passed through the patient’s body to help kill cancerous cells. As with chemotherapy, radiation therapy can also cause damage to the patient’s healthy cells so it is only used when deemed absolutely necessary.
The procedure is often performed after chemotherapy because chemotherapy helps to make cancer cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. The intention is often to help make a tumor smaller, which would hopefully then make it easier to remove. This procedure is often performed when the cancer has spread to the patient’s lymph nodes.
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