Radiation Treatments For Breast Cancer. How radiation is used with other cancer treatments. Other treatments destroy or control cancer.
For some people radiation may be the only treatment you need. Radiation therapy after breast conserving surgery. Radiation therapy is often one of the treatments used for breast cancer.
At high energy protons can destroy cancer cells.
There are two main kinds of radiation therapy that may be considered and some people have both. The main types of radiation therapy that can be used to treat breast cancer are external beam radiation therapy ebrt and brachytherapy. Proton therapy is a type of external beam radiation therapy that uses protons rather than x rays. Radiation therapy is often one of the treatments used for breast cancer.