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If you are getting palliative radiotherapy on your t12 spine can it dammage your kidneys ?
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Radiation injury: Radiation injury is possible to kidneys or adrenal glands or spine or blood vessels - yes. The rad onc doctor sets shields and cones and depth to mute possible injury and this works well. Ask her or him about this.
Answered 9/19/2014
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