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How long will each daily radiation treatment take?
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About 15 min: Generally, it takes about 5 minutes to position a patient for a treatment. The actual treatment itself may take another 1 or 2 minutes. In most cases, the overall treatment time will last about 15 minutes. The time is much longer for radiosurgery.
Answered 4/23/2016
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Typically 15 minutes: Typically 15 minutes. It depends on the therapy but usually people have sessions five times per week Monday through Friday and the sessions will continue from 3 to 9 weeks. It depends on the tumor and what the program is
Answered 1/7/2019
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