What is the difference between Radiation THerapy & Radiation Oncology?

This is just a logical guess, but radiation therapy is the administration of radiation as treatment.

Radiation oncology I think is the study or application of radiation in the treatment of cancer.

radiation therapy is used in radiation oncology.

There is no diffrence, its the same. Oncology means treatment for Cancer!

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