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Lung radiation
Lung radiation is a treatment in which a person is exposed to high energy waves or particles such as gamma rays, proton rays, or neutron rays that penetrate his body to damage or destroy cancer cells in his lungs, or prevent cancer cells from reproducing.
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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A 59-year old female asked:
Today i'm having more productive cough due to the pulmonary fibrosis which was caused by the lung radiation. Can you help me in getting this under control without a hospital stay?
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A 49-year old asked:
What can I do for spots on the lungs after radiation?
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A 36-year old asked:
What is the best treatment for esophageal pain from lung cancer radiation therapy?
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A 45-year old asked:
I got a scar tissue in lung after radiation therapy for breast cancer. No one told me it could happen. What should I do?
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A 56-year old female asked:
Lungs full of radiation, what dose that mean?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Is there any other test besides a Lung CT to look for lung disease without radiation?
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A 38-year old asked:
Will doctors treat a spot on the lung doctor with radiation?
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A 46-year old male asked about a 88-year old female:
Is there a treatment for lung cancer besides radiation, chemotherapy or surgery?
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A 43-year old female asked:
I am a 49 years old male. I had a surgery to remove thetumor. Biopsy showed adenocarcinoma of lung. I received radiation and currently undergoing chemotherapy. I have a new tumor in my foot with lots of pain. What are the optionsthat i have?
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A female asked:
Lumpectomy and radiation last year. Was small amt of cancer in node. Now small shadow on upper right lung CT but radiation on left side. Lung cancer?
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A 44-year old female asked:
I had grade 3 invasive breast cancer and now I'm in palliative care as I have 8 lesions in my brain and my lungs are full. Radiation etc but how long?
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A 55-year old female asked about a 72-year old female:
Has small cell lung cancer in left lung want to give radiation and remove it?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Can a single chest xray damage a couple of cells in our lungs and can xray radiation damage the soft tissues in the lungs? Age 20 female. Please rply
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A 30-year old asked:
When is it normal to have surgery for lung cancer followed y radiation but no chemo?
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A 23-year old asked:
How likely is it that I will survive lung cancer with just radiation and chemotherapy?
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A 43-year old asked:
Dad refused to do radiation for lung cancer, 2 and 1/2 months now and the tumor's bigger. Is there still time to do radiation?
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A 61-year old female asked:
Would low O2 saturation levels at night below 90 for 2 to 3 hours with Cpap result from breast cancer radiation ? Normal lung function , chest X-ray
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A 40-year old asked:
How long after radiation can you tell if radiation has shrunk lung tumors?
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A 32-year old asked:
How long after radiation can one tell if radiation has shrunk the lung tumors?
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A 24-year old asked:
Why don't doctors just remove cancerous lungs instead of recommending chemo and radiation?
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A 41-year old asked:
Can radiation from holding a laptop cause irreparable damage to your lungs?
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A 57-year old male asked:
Size of my spots in the right lung are 1.5cm and 0.9 cm. Why not surgery versus chem/radiation, targeted drugs/cyber knife?
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A 38-year old male asked:
I will LDCT scan chest check lung cancer. Is there any benefit to having this scan done on a 256 slice vs a 64 slice? I want lowest radiation dose.
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A 37-year old female asked about a 79-year old female:
Lung cancer with no chemo and no radiation at 79 how long to live?
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A 36-year old female asked:
I have had 3 ct scans of my lungs. Now I need one for headaches. Is this too much radiation? Scared.
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A 43-year old male asked:
How much radiation does the lungs absorb in a single digital chest xray(PA)which was conducted with no body cover,no shirt,no apron?does it stays for long in the system?
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A 50-year old female asked:
Guck n simple 08-10 br ca chemo radiation mastectomy left breast CT scan 2wks ago enlarged nodes in mediastatin and nodes on right lung. Now what?
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A 47-year old asked:
Is it true that lung cancer only has a 5% survival rate, even with radiation and chemo?
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A 76-year old female asked:
My husband has small cell lung cancer which has spread. Is the chemo and radiation effective in arresting this type of cancer?
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A 25-year old asked:
Is radiation therapy for lung cancer painful?
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