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Can you get surgery while having radiation treatment?
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Possible: Surgery is possible and can be done if emergently necessary. Surgery in the radiation- treated area can increase risks of wound healing, bleeding, infections. Surgery in the non-radiation area is much less problematic. Typically radiation is not interrupted as results are inferior in patients who have radiation treatment breaks.
Answered 5/2/2015
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Yes: But it is better to wait because you won't heal well with radiation.
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