Understanding Radiation Therapy for Cancer Treatment
radiation therapy FAQ
What is radiation therapy for cancer?
Radiation therapy is one of the most common treatments for cancer. Radiation may be used alone or with other treatments, such as surgery, chemotherapy, hormones, or targeted therapy.
What does radiotherapy mean in medical terms?
Radiotherapy means the use of radiation, usually x-rays, to treat cancer cells. You might have internal or external radiotherapy. What is radiotherapy? Radiotherapy is a treatment for cancer. It can be used to try to cure cancer, reduce the chance of cancer coming back or to help relieve symptoms.
What is a radiation therapy regimen?
A radiation therapy regimen, or schedule, usually consists of a specific number of treatments given over a set period. Radiation therapy can treat many different types of cancer. It can also be used in combination with other cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy and/or surgery.
What is radiotherapy & how does it work?
radiotherapy injections, capsules or drinks (radioisotope therapy), where you swallow a radioactive liquid, or have it injected into your blood intrabeam radiotherapy, where radiation is delivered directly at the tumour during breast cancer surgery (this treatment is not available at all NHS hospitals) Radiotherapy is usually given in hospital.
How does radiotherapy treat cancer?
Radiotherapy uses high-energy rays called radiation to treat cancer. It destroys cancer cells in the area where the radiotherapy is given. Some normal cells in the area being treated can also be damaged by radiotherapy. This can cause side effects. These normal cells are usually able to repair themselves, but cancer cells cannot.
What is radiotherapy used for?
Radiotherapy is a treatment involving the use of high-energy radiation. It’s commonly used to treat cancer. Almost half of all people with cancer have radiotherapy as part of their treatment plan. Radiotherapy is also sometimes used to treat benign (non-cancerous) tumours and other conditions, such as thyroid disease and some blood disorders.
What is a radiotherapy treatment plan?
Your radiotherapy treatment plan is individual to you. It aims to give a high dose of radiation to the cancer but as low a dose as possible to the surrounding healthy cells. This gives the highest chance of curing or shrinking the cancer, while reducing the risk of side effects.
radiation therapy References
If you want to know more about radiation therapy, consider exploring links below:
What Is Radiation Therapy
- https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/radiotherapy/
- https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/radiation-therapy
- https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/treatment/radiotherapy/what-is-radiotherapy
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/radiation-therapy/about/pac-20385162
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_therapy
- https://www.cancer.org/cancer/managing-cancer/treatment-types/radiation/basics.html
- https://www.cancer.net/navigating-cancer-care/how-cancer-treated/radiation-therapy/what-radiation-therapy
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