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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 | 123 |
95% |
| Brain / CNS Tumors | 105 |
77% |
| Thyroid Cancer | 53 |
87% |
| Colon Cancer | 39 |
95% |
| Head and Neck cancers | 35 |
77% |
Overall, 88% (528
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Radiotherapy Reviews
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He had radiation when first diagnosed but they have mainly been keeping him on chemotherapy for the last 14 months.
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Ruff memories of childhood
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Was scary at first. Loved the fact that I could listen to music(pick Relaxation ones). Didnt like having to lose hair, very sad moment/s. Itchy scalp at times.
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reading The Brother's Karamozov in the waiting room with my sister got me though.
side effects: fatigue, hair loss at temples.... too tangled up with loss of pit function to say.
side effects: fatigue, hair loss at temples.... too tangled up with loss of pit function to say.
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Burned my Brest so badly that the skin slid off on several occasions.
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Worked for approx 5 years and then my PSA started back up and finally doubled and then quadrupled.so i had hormone shots.
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No problems, other than fatigue and a slight burn.
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This made me feel like my insides had been scraped and scratched. OUCH!
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This was easy for me, it just made me tired.
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10 more to go. It's going to work! I am not dizzy all the time, I can walk today, I can see color today since being on the steroids, I can wake early to take the nausea and keep them close. I have medication and only 10 more treatments. I can do this and it’s going to be successful.
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I had radiation to the tumor in my pelvis, which was very sucessful. Then I had it on my skull and neck vertebrae, which worked, but left me with some nasty throat burns.
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my white cells were very low but after 8 weeks finished the treatment in 1999 and still here. I am on go slow but other people seem to have boundless energy, and having an ileostomy doesn't slow them down, at all it seems.
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Terrible.
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I was very emotional. Driving to tx everyday was difficult and the SE pecked away at me. I also gained most of my weight here. It was a challenge.
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I did not know at time , but radiation is used for preventing reoccurance. My cancer was "gone" after the mastectomy! The chemo was to reduc... [More] -
Radiation therapy
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] -
Radiation Therapy for Dermofibromasarcoma?
Here I am... Almost a 5 year survivor of DFSP. I have been looking for someone like you for a loooong time. I had a tumor from my left hand removed... [More] -
Radiation Therapy for Dermofibromasarcoma?
I am looking for anyone who has had or knows someone who has been diagnosed with DFSP - aka, Dermofibromasarcoma Protuberans. It's a soft-tissue canc... [More]
