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Conventional radiation therapy may not protect healthy brain cells
May 18, 2016 by NewsBot
Repeated radiation therapy used to target tumors in the brain may not be as safe to healthy brain cells as previously assumed. The findings of a new study show that the treatment also kills important support cells in the brain and may cause as much, if not more damage, than single dose radiation therapy.