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It’s very common for people with cancer and often happens with radiation therapy. Most people start to feel tired after a few weeks of radiation therapy. This happens because radiation treatments destroy some healthy cells as well as the cancer cells.
7 Ιουλ 2023 · Excessive exposure to doses of radiation can increase the risk of certain types of cancer developing in the long term. Radioactive iodine can be released during nuclear emergencies, which, if breathed in or swallowed, will concentrate in the thyroid gland and increase the risk of thyroid cancer in younger people (of 0-18 years).
14 Αυγ 2023 · Radiotherapy causes DNA break and subsequent cell death. This affects the cancer cells more severely than the normal cells. However, with the growing number of patients receiving chemotherapy, providers come across patients who develop side effects of radiotherapy.
2 Ιουλ 2024 · Radiation therapy, also called radiotherapy, is a type of cancer treatment. This treatment uses beams of intense energy to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy most often uses X-rays. But other types of radiation therapy exist, including proton radiation. Modern methods of radiation are precise.
8 Ιαν 2019 · Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) is a cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. At low doses, radiation is used in x-rays to see inside your body, as with x-rays of your teeth or broken bones.
This booklet explains the different types of radiation therapy, what people can expect during treatment, side effects that may happen and ways to manage them.
Radiation therapy has side effects because it not only kills or slows the growth of cancer cells, it can also affect nearby healthy cells. Many people who get radiation therapy experience fatigue. Other side effects depend on the part of the body that is being treated.
