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(also known as Radiation, Radiation Therapy)
Radiotherapy is commonly used for the treatment of malignant tumours (cancer), and may be used as the primary therapy. It is also common to combine radiotherapy with surgery and/or chemotherapy and/or hormone therapy. Most common cancer types can be treated with radiotherapy in some way. The precise treatment intent (r... more at Wikipedia

Treatment Success Rate

Top 5 Communities
Condition Members Success
Breast Cancer
164
96%
Brain / CNS Tumors
138
78%
Thyroid Cancer
94
87%
Colon Cancer
49
96%
Head and Neck cancers
45
78%
Overall, 88% (755 Members) find Radiotherapy helpful
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Radiotherapy Reviews

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Not fun! The dry mouth and terrible taste and soreness is incredible. Am worried I may have to use feeding tube although fighting like hell not to! Start 18th session tomorrow. 17 to go.
Working / Worked
I am going through my second round of radiation. The first round was more or less precautionary, then in September we found more cancer in the lymph nodes above my diaphragm and the lymph nodes around my left clavicle. The radiations seems to shrinking the nodes near my clavicle so that's a good sign. The side effects are extreme fatigue, and other side effects will vary depending on where you are receiving the radiation.
Working / Worked
I found it very easy to do, though I did have a third degree burn afterwards
Working / Worked
Not bad, tiring.
Working / Worked
17 sessions was all I needed to complete my treatments. I received treatment to my mantle region resulting in a sore throat and a winter time tanning in the area of treatment.
Working / Worked
radiation followed chemo after stomach removal. Constricted my throat badly. Need dilation treatments periodically so I can swallow and eat. But all CT and Pet scans have come back normal .. so far so good
Working / Worked
haven't started them yet will have them in the next month
Working / Worked
I had radiation treatment. I had few side effects. I am still tired all the time.
Working / Worked
The treatment was pretty much nothing. The internal radiation wasn't fun, but pretty much nothing. A side effect for me has been all abdominal. Daily ick, and bathroom issues,EVERY day. Not huge, but sometimes exhausting and always irritating.
Working / Worked
Can't speak for what it did as he died two months later. I think it made him worse as he could not eat and he just constantly lost weight.
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    does anyone have any imput on adjuvant radiation therapy? my husband has stage 3 lung cancer and is taking chemo now. they want to follow up with 27 r... [More]
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    I have been so sick with this chemotherapy, and I finally feel better today. Two more times to go and then I am supposed to go for radiation. I am... [More]

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