Question 1

how often can you undergo radiotherapy?

Accepted Answer

It depends: Generally radiation therapy can only be given only once in one area.  However, you can have radiation therapy again, in different areas, right away. A radiation oncologist creates a MAP showing how much radiation different parts of your body have received and will tell you where additional radiation is possible.  You can have radiation treatments as frequently as twice a day.

Question 2

why do people feel sick after radiotherapy?

Accepted Answer

It injures your body: Radiation therapy kills cancer cell but can also damage the normal structures of the body.  Most people getting radiation complain of fatigue.  What other problems there are depend on what body part is treated.  The skin gets a sort of bad sun burn.  If the stomach is treated, there can be nausea, diarrhea if the colon is treated, and cough if the lung is treated.  This all is usually temporary.

Question 3

is radiotherapy painful?
how is it performed?

Accepted Answer

No: This must not be for you, but someone else.  Radiotherapy is for cancer treatment , unless you are referring to something else.  Sometimes electro surgery is referred to a radiotherapy and that would be just using an electical instuement to cut.  It wouldn't hurt if numbed up.  Now the underlying condition might cause pain and the consequences of the treatment might cause complications that could

Question 4

is radiotherapy a good option foto prolong life?

Accepted Answer

Can be: Radiation therapy is a treatment used for treating cancer.  In some circumstances, such as Hodgkin's lymphoma, prostate or breast cancer, its use in conjunction with other tools like surgery or chemotherapy, does improve cure rates for some and survival time for others.  In other cases radiation is used to treat cancer symptoms, but not for a survival benefit.

Question 5

what diseases can be treated with skeletal targeted radiotherapy?

Accepted Answer

Multiple myeloma: Ho166 bound to a localizing agent that is taken up by bone. The radioactive ho166 irradiates the adjacent bone marrow to destroy the myeloma cells.

Question 6

how often can you have radiotherapy? do too many normal, good cells die if you do it too often?

Accepted Answer

Llimited: When a person receives radiation therapy to a specific site it usually means they have received the maximum dose the tissue at that site can tolerate. Therefore additional radiation to that site (re-radiation) is usually not offered.

Question 7

what are radiotherapy tattoos?

Accepted Answer

Allows precision: Very small tattoo markings (size of a freckle or head of a pin) are used in radiation therapy to allow the radiation therapist to precisely aim the high-tech equipment at the area needing treatment. These tiny dots are crucial for accurate targeting of the tumor area. A tattoo is better than a magic marker dot because it won't wash off when you take a shower or go swimming.

Question 8

what are the side effects of radiotherapy?

Accepted Answer

Radiotherapy: Mostly local skin burn, redness and local pain. Late side effects of possible development of cancer.

Question 9

why do you use immobilization in radiotherapy?

Accepted Answer

To target the cancer: Immobilization of a body part during radiation is so that the targeted area ("field") can be precisely radiated. This avoids radiation to healthy tissues and gives the cancer as directed a treatment as possible.

Question 10

what are the common side-effects of radiotherapy?

Accepted Answer

What part of body?: In general,  radiation may cause skin and mucosal damage: changes in color and thickening ( hardening), dry mouth.; worst scenarios: ulcers or fistulas, scars in internal organs such as lungs; bleeding from sigmoid colon in radiation to the prostate.Tiredness, feeling sick, eating and drinking changes, skin care, hair loss, changes in your blood, possible long-term side effects.

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