chemoradiotherapy

Chemoradiotherapy is a combined cancer treatment that uses both chemotherapy (medications that attack cancer cells throughout the body) and radiotherapy (high-energy radiation focused on the tumor). Together, they work synergistically to destroy cancer cells more effectively than either alone. Chemotherapy can make cancer cells more sensitive to radiation, enhancing its effectiveness, while radiation targets and damages the DNA of cancer cells. This combined approach is often used to improve treatment outcomes, shrink tumors before surgery, or destroy remaining cancer cells after other treatments, while carefully balancing benefits and side effects for the patient.