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3-dimensional

(THREE dye-MEN-shun-uhl)

Seeing an image all-round, as we do in real-life. Three-dimensional radiation therapy uses computers to get a 3-dimensional picture of the cancer. This allows doctors to target the highest possible dose of radiation to the cancer, with the least possible radiation to normal tissue.

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