Key term for Edexcel GCSE Physics, used in Medical Uses.
The medical use of ionising radiation to treat cancer by damaging the DNA of cancer cells to stop them from dividing or to kill them.
Radiotherapy appears in Edexcel GCSE Physics revision content for Radioactivity, especially Medical Uses and Tumour Treatment.
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Light and the electromagnetic spectrum
Dangers and Uses • Uses of EM Radiation
