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Treatment of cancer requires multidisciplinary team approach. Radiotherapy (RT) is an integral part of the comprehensive cancer care and is required in around 60–70% patients diagnosed with cancer at some point of the time in the course of disease. Sir Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1895 and since then it is being therapeutically used to treat cancer. This chapter aims to give insight in basic principles of Radiation Oncology for the surgeons.
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Gupta, S., Haresh, K.P., Devnani, B. (2021). Basics Principles of Radiation Oncology. In: Ray, M.D. (eds) Multidisciplinary Approach to Surgical Oncology Patients. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7699-7_2
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