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Angelina Radiation Oncology Associates (AROA) is a private practice physician group specializing in radiation oncology (the delivery of radiation treatment for cancer). We are a hospital-based practice and provide physician services to the Temple Cancer Center at CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial in Lufkin, Texas.

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Radiation Therapy

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What is Radiation Therapy?

Radiation therapy works by targeting the strands of genetic material, or DNA, inside cells, rendering those cells incapable of dividing and spreading. Cancer cells are, for a variety of reasons, more sensitive to the effects of radiation than normal tissues, so normal tissues can recover more easily. This differential effect allows us, over time, to preferentially kill cancer cells rather than normal cells.
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