Radiation Therapy

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Radiation therapy is used in the treatment of cancer patients. This form of treatment is not new, and is considered an “aggressive”form of treatment. For cancer suffers radiation therapy is done on an out patient basis. The patient goes to a clinic weekly and is administer high doses of radiation.

Radiation is poison and is used to kill cancer cells. The problem is that in killing the cancer cell, they can not stop it from killing the good cell in the body. It is a risk that doctors take because radiation is proven to be highly effective in ridding the body of the deadly cells.

Radiation therapy makes the patient very ill. The treatment although on an out patient basis, can have terrible side effects. A patient feels little discomfort at the actually procedure but hours later will have the patient feeling ill, and in most cases through up for hours to come. The days that follow will be tough on the patients for they will feel weak and tired. Hot flashes followed by fever is not uncommon an as the treatment plan progresses so to does the level of radiation.

Radiation therapy is usually followed by laser surgery and then used after again to round out the treatment plan. Some people believe that doctors poison the patient to rid them of the cancer cells. Well others believe that it is the only way to kill off the deadly cancer cells and stop them before they progress and spread through the body.

Doctors will not suggest radiation therapy unless the patient is healthy, for a weakened immune system could make the patient susceptible to many other germs out there. Well know one likes to talk about the “C” word it is a world concern and radiation therapy is the one of the oldest proven ways to rid the patient of tumors and cancer cells. Many people that have taken radiation therapy have had great success.

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