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Radiation Treatment
Radiation is sometimes used in leukemia treatment to shrink collections of cancerous cells that accumulate in various parts of the body. A high dose of gamma radiation is guided by laser targeting to a localized area of treatment.
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Leukemia; Radiology; Hospital; Medicine; Cancer (medicine); Bone Marrow
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