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What is Radiotherapy

This section looks at how different types of radiotherapy can treat cancer patients. You can also learn more about some of the wording used around radiotherapy. Radiotherapy can be very technical and complicated, so we have put the most important information at the top of each page.

About radiotherapy

An overview of radiotherapy: how it works and how it might help you.

Internal radiotherapy

An overview of internal radiotherapy and how it works.

External beam radiotherapy

Learn more about this common type of radiotherapy: how it works and the different stages for each patient.

Particle beam therapy

Particle beam therapy is a type of external beam radiotherapy.

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