fromradiotherapypatients often ask: they are allcancerDo you need radiotherapy?
Not all cancers will be used, but radiation therapy itself can actually be used in the treatment of any cancer, as common in Hong Konglung cancer、colorectal cancernasopharyngeal cancer, head and neck cancer,breast cancerWait, we often use radiotherapy as a radical treatment, or as an adjuvant treatment after surgery, i.e. to further improve the patient’s chances of recovery after surgery.
Of course, like all treatments, radiation therapy can have side effects. Side effects mainly depend on which part of the treatment is performed. For example, for head and neck cancer, the main radiation is the head, neck, etc. In many cases, the side effects of radiotherapy 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, after radiation therapy, sometimes the skin appears to be exposed to the sun, it will slowly turn red at first, then gradually darken and then peeling will occur. If not treated properly, there is also the possibility of developing an injury such as a severe sunburn. So we usually advise patients to pay attention to a few things and hopefully family members or healthcare professionals can help pay attention too:
1. When taking a bath, do not rub the skin of the radiant treatment site, just wipe it gently with a soft towel.
2. Do not let the sun expose the skin to the place of radiotherapy and the surrounding skin, because everyone thinks that radiotherapy itself is already some kind of radiation, obviously it is necessary to cure the disease, but if the same part is often exposed in the sun after radiotherapy, and there is ultraviolet radiation in the sun, which has the opportunity to cause the same part to receive too much radiation. Additionally, sun exposure can also aggravate burns and skin burns, so it must be avoided.
