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[–] 12 points 4 months ago (4 children)

The reason for this is a little bit of radiation damages your DNA causing the cells to go haywire, whereas a lot of radiation kills the cells outright.

So if you get cancer, you blast the cancer cells with radiation to wipe them out. The radiation is targeted so you don't wipe out healthy cells.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    How are they able to target cancer cells?

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