regardingradiation therapypatients often ask: Are alltumorDo you need radiation therapy?
Not all tumors will be used, but radiation therapy itself can indeed be used in the treatment of any tumor, as common in Hong Konglung cancer、colorectal cancernasopharyngeal cancer, head and neck cancer,breast cancerWait, we often use radiation therapy as a radical treatment, or as an adjuvant treatment following surgery, that is, to further improve the patient’s chance of recovery following surgery.
Of course, like all treatments, radiation therapy can have side effects. The side effects mainly depend on which part of the treatment is performed. For example, for head and neck cancer, the main irradiation is the head, neck, etc. In many cases, the side effects of radiation therapy include oral inflammation, dry mouth, loss of appetite and weight loss of the patient, etc. .
Another common side effect is that radiation therapy rays can affect the skin because they pass through the skin before entering the body. For example, following radiation therapy, sometimes the skin seems to be exposed to the sun, it will slowly turn red at first, then it will gradually darken, and then there will be peeling. If not cared for properly, there is even a chance of developing a wound like a severe sunburn. So we usually advise patients to pay attention to a few things, and hope that family members or caregivers can also help pay attention:
1. When taking a bath, do not scrub the skin of the radiation treatment site, just wipe it gently with a soft towel.
2. Don’t let the sun expose the skin to the location of radiation therapy and the surrounding skin, because everyone thinks that radiation therapy itself is already a kind of radiation, of course, it is necessary to cure the disease, but if the same part is often exposed to the sun following radiation therapy, And there is ultraviolet radiation in the sun, which has the opportunity to make the same part receive too much radiation. In addition, exposure to the sun may also aggravate skin burns and burns, so it needs to be avoided.