Why Radiotherapy Consider for Bone Cancer

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HOW RADIOTHERAPY WORKS IN TREATMENT OF BONE CANCER
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Radiotherapy For Bone Cancer

• Radiotherapy (also called radiation therapy) is A
  cancer treatment method that use high energy
  radiation rays to kill cancer cells or to stop or
  slow its growth. It is the most common doctors
  suggested type of treatment for bone cancer
  because its very effective therapy to
• Shrink and control the growth of cancerous cells
• Relieving symptoms such as pain and swelling
• Reduce the risk of fracture
• Stop bone loss destruction

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Types of Radiotherapy Used to Treat Bone Cancer

• There are two types of radiation therapy used to
  treat bone cancer
• External beam radiation therapy this is
  doctors recommended radiation therapy that would
  be beneficial in treatment of bone cancer.
  External beam radiation therapy only treats a
  specific part of your body. It comes from the
  machine that use high energy radiation rays to
  the area of bone containing cancer with the aim
  to kill them.
• Brachytherapy or internal radiation therapy
  brachytherapy is a treatment in which a
  radioactive isotope is injected into your body
  that liquid radiation travels throughout your
  body, seeking out and killing cancer cells and
  help relieve bone pain.

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Why Would I need Radiotherapy ?
Radiotherapy may use in many conditions like
before, during or after surgery as per doctor
suggestion after go through from patient
condition. Secondary bone cancer weakens the bone
by damaging healthy bone cells. In treatment
process of radiation therapy it kills off cancer
cells that are destroying and weakening the bone.
So then bone begins to replace the lost tissue
and make bones stronger, relieve bone pain, and
less likely to break. Radiotherapy also help to
prevent new painful areas developing, shrink the
cancer, slow down cancer to spread and kill any
cancer cells that might remain.
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Planning Radiation Therapy Session For Bone Cancer
Before you begin your radiation therapy treatment
a specialized CT Scan is done that shows the
cancer and the structures around it. Team of
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therapy schedule with coordination of
radiotherapy team, that exactly where to give the
radiotherapy, how much radiation you need to
treat the cancer. Once the treatment team has
planned your radiotherapy, they may out ink marks
on your skin to make sure they treat exactly the
same area every day. If you are having
treatment to your arm or leg, you may need to
have a mold made to keep treatment area perfectly
still while you have treatment.
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Side Effects Of Radiotherapy in Bone Cancer
Treatment

• Side effects of radiation therapy depend on what
  area of the body is being treated and how much
  radiation is used. Common Side Effects include
• Fatigue ( Tiredness )
• Loss of Appetite
• Nausea Diarrhea
• Pain
• Low Blood Counts
• Ranging from Redness

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How Long Will It Take For Symptoms To Improve
Improvement is totally depend on the patient body
how they respond , some times it will take time
or will be eased within a few days . In Case of
bone cancer it takes one to two weeks to ease. 3
out of 10 Patients (30) will have no pain within
a month of treatment. At least another 4 out of
10 Patients (40) the treatment reduces the pain
by half and so at least 7 out of 10 patients
(70) will have somewhere no pain and half as
much pain after their radiotherapy. By about 6 to
12 weeks after radiotherapy the bones have
repaired the damage cells caused by the bone
cancer and they get improve.
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How Much Radiation Therapy Cost
Cost of Radiation therapy for Bone Cancer may
vary according to the condition of patient.
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kind of radiotherapy you get, how many treatment
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