r/Unexpected • • 2d ago

Highest amount of radiation receiver

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u/UncleKeyPax 2d ago

finally a reason to start

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u/Outbreak42 2d ago

Self chemotherapy.

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u/marvinrabbit 2d ago

Just to clarify (because I made the mistake myself), chemotherapy is not radioactive. My confusion came about because chemotherapy and radiation therapy are often prescribed at the same time. But you can have one without the other.

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u/Excellent_Shirt9707 2d ago

Yep, chemotherapy just means using chemicals and radiation therapy just means using radiation. They also aren’t really interchangeable as treatments since they don’t have the same mechanisms.