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Radiation therapy saves lives. It cures cancers, shrinks tumors, and controls disease that would otherwise be fatal. But like most powerful treatments, it comes with trade-offs — and one of the most important long-term ones is the small but real risk of developing a second, treatment-related cancer years after the original one is gone. This

Most people associate radiation therapy with cancer treatment. But for decades, a very different application of the same technology — low-dose radiotherapy (LDRT) — has been used in Europe to relieve joint pain from osteoarthritis (OA). It’s now drawing renewed interest worldwide, including in the United States. Here’s what patients and clinicians should know. The