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From the Canadian Cancer Society (2023):
Radiation therapy works by destroying cancer cells and damaging a cancer cell’s DNA so that it stops dividing and growing. Radiation therapy can shrink a tumour or completely destroy it. It is most effective on cells that grow and divide quickly. Cancer cells tend to divide more quickly than most normal cells.
Radiotherapy - Québec Cancer Foundation
Radiation Therapy - Canadian Cancer Society
Care for Women After Radiation to the Pelvis - Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology
Radiation - Cancer Care Ontario
Radiation Therapy - BC Cancer Agency (BCCA)
Radiation Therapy - MedlinePlus (US National Library of Medicine)
Radiation Therapy for Cancer - US National Cancer Institute
Radiation Therapy - American Cancer Society
Radiation Therapy for Cancer - Merck Manual
Radiation Therapy - RadiologyInfo.org (American College of Radiology)
Radiation - OncoLink (University of Pennsylvania)
Quick Information handout by the Gyn-Onc Health Information Service
Radiotherapy: Endometrial Cancer (Uterine Cancer) (.pdf)
Radiotherapy: Cervical Cancer (.pdf)
Radiotherapy: Vaginal Cancer (.pdf)
Radiotherapy: Vulvar Cancer (.pdf)
Brachytherapy
Internal Radiation Therapy -Canadian Cancer Society
Brachytherapy to Treat Cancer - US National Cancer Institute
Brachytherapy - RadiologyInfo.org (American College of Radiology)
Brachytherapy for Gynecological Cancers - OncoLink (University of Pennsylvania)