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Why is radiation therapy sometimes applied during a pancreatectomy?
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∙ 13y ago
Radiation therapy may also be applied during the surgery (intraoperatively) to improve the patient's chances of survival, but this treatment is not yet in routine use.
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What other treatments may a pancreatectomy patient with cancer undergo?
Some patients with pancreatic cancer deemed suitable for a pancreatectomy will also undergo chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy.
What is internal radiation therapy also called?
It is sometimes called radiation therapy, radiation therapy, cobalt therapy, electron beam therapy, or irradiation
What is Radiation therapy also called?
It is sometimes called radiotherapy, x-ray therapy radiation treatment, cobalt therapy, electron beam therapy, or irradiation
What is electron beam therapy also called?
It is sometimes called cobalt therapy, radiation therapy, x-ray therapy radiation treatment, radiotherapy, or irradiation
What is cobalt therapy also called?
It is sometimes called radiation therapy, x-ray therapy radiation treatment, radiotherapy, electron beam therapy, or irradiation
What is radiotherapy also called?
It is sometimes called radiation therapy, x-ray therapy radiation treatment, cobalt therapy, electron beam therapy, or irradiation
Does radiation therapy effect vertebrae when applied through neck?
It certainly can have wide spread effects, particularly close to the site of radiation.
What is irradiation also called?
It is sometimes called radiotherapy, x-ray therapy radiation treatment, cobalt therapy, electron beam therapy, or irradiation
Radiation therapy is also known as?
Radiation therapy, sometimes called radiotherapy, x-ray therapy radiation treatment, cobalt therapy, electron beam therapy, or irradiation uses high energy, penetrating waves or particles such as x rays, gamma rays, proton rays, or neutron rays to destroy cancer cells or keep them from reproducing
What are total pancreatectomy patients treated with after surgery?
These conditions are treated with pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy, which supplies digestive enzymes; and with insulin injections.
How is radiation therapy administered?
Radiation therapy is delivered via external radiation or via internal radiation therapy (the implantation/injection of radioactive substances).
Can radiation be transferred to your clothes through radiation therapy?
Radiation Therapy is not transferred to clothing.
