Radiation Therapy

Radiation is a type of local therapy for breast cancer that uses high-energy x-rays to destroy cancer cells.

The goal of radiation therapy is to treat cancer that remains in the area where the breast cancer was found. When radiation is given after surgery as part of the primary treatment, it is called adjuvant therapy. Adjuvant radiation therapy helps protect you from the breast cancer coming back in the treated areas, also called local recurrence.

Look below for more information from LBBC about radiation.