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Radiation Oncology

Cancer is the second type of disease that causes the most death after cardiovascular diseases in our country and in the world. Cancer, the incidence of which is increasing day by day, develops due to the uncontrolled division and proliferation of cells and causes malignant formations in the body. While it may affect a specific tissue or organ, it may also spread (metastasize) to surrounding tissues and organs, causing larger cancer cases. The medical unit that deals with cancer is oncology. In addition to surgical methods, there are two main applications preferred for cancer treatment in oncology clinics. These are chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with the use of chemical drugs that affect cancer cells. In chemotherapy, the purpose of treatment, its intensity, duration of application and side effects vary depending on the type of cancer. Another treatment method, radiation therapy (radiotherapy), aims to destroy cancer cells using radiation rays and treat the disease in this way. Radiotherapy applications fall within the field of expertise of the medical science called radiation oncology, and treatment procedures performed with this method are carried out by radiation oncology clinics.

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