Thus radiation to the mouth, throat or nose can cause soreness and sometimes ulceration. Radiation to the stomach can cause a vague stomach ache, loss of appetite and nausea. Radiation to the intestines can cause diarrhoea. Radiation to the lungs can cause a dry irritating cough. Radiation to the bladder can cause cystitis-stinging and burning [...]
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Now let’s just see what this means for you in real life—what symptoms can result from those reactions?
These symptoms fall into two distinct groups. There are acute symptoms which occur during or immediately after radiation. There are also delayed symptoms that can occur long after radiation. The severity and nature of both acute and delayed [...]
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If there is thought to be a high risk of cancer spreading beyond your breast or its surrounding lymph glands following surgery, treatment with anti-cancer drugs may be advised.
Whereas radiotherapy attacks cancer cells in the specific area at which the X-ray beam is directed, the drugs used in chemotherapy can kill cancer cells throughout the [...]
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