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Radiation therapy

Source: Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia/Other Myeloid Malignancies Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version, National Cancer Institute.

Source updated: June 5, 2024 · Captured 2026-09-09.

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Context: Treatment Option Overview / Seven types of standard treatment may be used for childhood AML and other myeloid malignancies.

Radiation therapy is a cancer treatment that uses high-energy x-rays or other types of radiation to kill cancer cells or keep them from growing. External radiation therapy uses a machine outside the body to send radiation toward the area of the body with cancer.

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In childhood AML, external radiation therapy may be used to treat a myeloid sarcoma that does not respond to chemotherapy.

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