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Breast soreness, color changes, and fluid build-up (lymphedema) will most likely go away a month or 2 after you finish radiation therapy. If fluid build-up continues to be a problem, ask your cancer care team what steps you can take.
2 Ιουλ 2024 · After radiation therapy, you might have imaging tests to see if the cancer is shrinking. Sometimes the cancer responds to treatment right away. Other times it may take weeks or months to see the treatment working.
For people who need radiation therapy to treat their cancer, special precautions are used to protect other parts of their body from exposure to radiation. Before you begin receiving radiation therapy, the cancer care team works carefully to develop an effective treatment plan that is also safe.
Nick had four surgeries and multiple radiation treatments to address his ependymoma tumors. He shares what to expect during and after radiation—and how cancer changed his outlook on life.
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. Learn more about possible side effects.
Not everyone will have long term side effects after radiotherapy. Most side effects gradually go away in the weeks or months after treatment. But some side effects can continue or might start some months or years later. Most of these side effects are rare. You might get one or two of them.
8 Οκτ 2024 · Radiation therapy treats cancer by using high-energy waves to kill tumor cells. The goal is to destroy or damage the cancer without hurting too many healthy cells. It is given over a...
