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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 | 166 |
96% |
| Brain / CNS Tumors | 140 |
79% |
| Thyroid Cancer | 95 |
87% |
| Colon Cancer | 49 |
96% |
| Head and Neck cancers | 45 |
78% |
Overall, 88% (763
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I hope so!
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ended up with a perforated bowel because of it.
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vocal cord paralysis is nothing .timely treatment and confidence can defeat it entirely.
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Scheduled in approx. one week with two Thyrogen shots prior. Currently on diet to delete iodine.
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I had 5 radiation treatments to my brain. Mri done last month showed the tumor hadshrunk big time. Next MRI in Oct.
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so far it is working but I have a few more years of taking Tamoxifen.
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again male radiation tects. felt very comfortable with them.
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had all males working with me but felt very comforable around them.
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it worked, but left me with some side effects, hair loss, depression, the lists goes on ^;^
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6 weeks of radation after the surgery and chemo.
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Your husband was fortunate he could have surgery. I was diagnosed in April 2008 w/ stage 3B lung cancer - non-operable because lymph nodes are cancero... [More] -
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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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Mostly, it is fatigue, nausea and vomiting. It can make the person radioactive but it depends on the type of radiation therapy given. I have found thi... [More] -
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Hi, I found this and thought it would be helpful to you Orbital radiotherapy is the other non-surgical mainstay in the management of GO20,93. The ... [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]
