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What to Know About Radiation Therapy for Liver Cancer

Radiation is not very good for treating liver cancer. The dose needed to kill the tumor is toxic to the liver. Even newer techniques such as 3-D conformal radiation therapy are not very useful.

Online Medical Reviewer: Coleman, JoAnn RN, MS, ACNP, AOCN®
Online Medical Reviewer: Zeh, Herbert III MD
Date Last Reviewed: 9/11/2005
Date Last Modified: 1/11/2006
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