Cancer Treatment

Thyroid Cancer Butterfly

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Chemotherapy is the use of anticancer drugs designed to slow or stop the growth of rapidly dividing cancer cells in the body.  While chemotherapy targets cancer cells, it can also damage healthy cells and cause unpleasant side effects, such as nausea, vomiting, hair loss, fatigue and mouth sores.  External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is a type of radiation therapy that directs a beam of radiation from outside the body at cancerous tissues inside the body.  EBRT delivers high-energy rays to tumors, using a special X-ray machine called a linear accelerator.  This machine allows radiation to be delivered from any angle and shapes radiation beams to the contour of the tumor.