{"id":8280,"date":"2025-11-18T16:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/?page_id=8280"},"modified":"2026-03-23T17:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:20:57","slug":"functional-radiation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/patient\/treatments\/functional-radiation\/","title":{"rendered":"Functional Radiation Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Functional radiation medicine treats nonmalignant (noncancer) conditions with radiation. 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