How does radiation cure lung cancer?

How does radiation cure lung cancer?

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Radiation is a form of local treatment, like surgery is a local treatment that addresses the lung cancer. Radiology kills cancer cells by stopping them from dividing, and kills off the cancer cells that way. It affects the blood supply to that area and it causes the blood supply to obliterate.