Introduction: Radiotherapy is a way to treat cancer by using radiation. When the high-speed ions in the ray can bring a certain amount of energy to the body, it will cause biological macromolecules to break. This situation can easily lead to the break of DNA molecules in the gene

Introduction: Radiotherapy is a way to treat cancer by using radiation. When the high-speed ions in the ray can bring a certain amount of energy to the body, it will cause biological macromolecules to break. This situation in will easily lead to the break of DNA molecule in the cell genetic material. After

and DNA replication is hindered, cells will not be able to reproduce, and may even die, so radiotherapy can effectively kill some cancer cells in cancer treatment.

Among tumor patients in developed countries, about 70% of people have achieved very good results after receiving radiotherapy, but only 30% of people in my country have received radiotherapy , which means that about 40% of patients have given up the radiotherapy treatment.

The main reason is that patients and their families have many misunderstandings about the treatment method of radiotherapy, believing that the side effects of radiotherapy are great, and eventually led them to choose to give up the treatment method of radiotherapy.

So what impact will radiotherapy have on your health? is actually worthy of fear for so many patients.

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What impact will radiotherapy have on the body?

Anorexia, nausea and vomiting

When receiving radiotherapy treatment, it will easily cause gastric dysfunction, and will easily cause problems such as nausea, anorexia, vomiting, etc.

malnutrition

radiation therapy This treatment will also easily cause damage to some normal tissues around it, resulting in dysphagia, swelling and sore throat, abnormal nutrient metabolism, etc. will then easily lead to patients with malnutrition to varying degrees.

affects normal tissues

Now in the process of radiotherapy treatment, generally uses radiation rays, which will contain some charged particles, Y rays, and X rays.

And these rays have very strong lethality. will easily kill cancer cells, but it will also easily affect normal tissue , reducing people's immunity and being disturbed by harmful substances from the outside world.

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Why do many people "will rather die than choose radiotherapy"?

Generally speaking, cancer is divided into three different stages. is early, middle and late stage , and the survival rate at each stage is also different. However, at a critical moment of life and death, many cancer patients are still particularly rejecting radiation therapy, and Many cancer patients are worried that they will die faster after radiotherapy treatment.

But in fact, it is impossible to remove the tumor by relying solely on surgery. Cancer cells in other parts of the body that remain in the body may spread, so postoperative treatment is required.

In the hearts of doctors, perhaps many doctors even think that "radiotherapy requires a flag-raising person". Even though there are some radiotherapy techniques nowadays, many people still cannot accept it.

cancer patients do not understand radiotherapy. During the cancer treatment process, about 40% of cure contribution rate can be produced. Relevant data show that 70% of cancer patients in my country need radiotherapy , but only 20% have received radiotherapy, and 50% have not received effective corresponding treatment at the right time.

On the one hand, cancer patients do not have enough understanding of the treatment of radiotherapy, On the other hand, they do not pay attention to the treatment of radiotherapy.

There are relatively few equipment configurations, and there are few employees. Moreover, the publicity of radiotherapy is too small. In fact, radiotherapy has played an irreplaceable effect in the process of cancer treatment.

However, because many patients lack understanding of the radiotherapy system, many people chose to give up.

The reason why cancer treatment is inseparable from open treatment is that on the one hand, the surgery cannot remove all residual cancer cells, and postoperative treatment is required . On the other hand, radiotherapy has fewer side effects than chemotherapy.

plus in recent years, radiotherapy technology has become more and more accurate, and the operation technology of medical staff is also more powerful, which can not only ensure the normal tissue of but also minimize toxic and side effects.

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Can radiotherapy cure cancer?

According to some relevant investigations and studies, 70% of cancers need radiotherapy in the treatment stage, and 40% of them can achieve radical curative effect through radiotherapy.

and The report released by the World Health Organization in 2013 pointed out that current medical technology can cure 67% of cancers, of which 30% of surgical effects, 70% of radiotherapy, and 7% of chemotherapy.

In fact, radiotherapy is particularly cured for some early cancer treatments, such as the following four types of cancers.

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Reminder: It may be better for 4 types of cancers to choose radiotherapy

Lung cancer

Due to the continuous increase in the number of smokers, lung cancer is now the highest malignant swelling in my country with the highest incidence and mortality rate. About 700,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer every year.

But there are many ways to treat lung cancer. It should be a very reasonable treatment method to use for treatment.

Especially for relatively small lung tumor radiotherapy treatment methods, can better control the disease and develop.

However, for those patients with lung cancer who have cardiopulmonary insufficiency, should be more cautious when choosing radiotherapy, otherwise it will easily affect cardiopulmonary function and obtain results that are not worth the effort.

Inoperable early lung cancer

If patients with early cancer cannot undergo surgery for some reasons, consider SBRT stereotactic radiotherapy at this time.

Under the problem of this radiation therapy treatment, the radiotherapy technology can be used to accurately locate and kill cancer cells with high doses of rays.

can achieve the purpose of anti-cancer , and the local control rate can exceed 90%, which can be very similar to surgery.

nsopharyngeal carcinoma

nsopharyngeal carcinoma is also a very common cancer problem in life , which usually appears on the head and neck of the body.

When facing the problem of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, it is generally particularly sensitive when receiving radiotherapy. However, in clinical medicine, radiotherapy is generally regarded as the preferred treatment method for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

If the disease is discovered earlier, after later radiotherapy treatment, the

-year survival rate can reach about 90%.

and later , if other treatment methods are combined with synchronous chemoradiation and adjuvant chemotherapy, the treatment effect can be better.

throat cancer

If it is staged in the laryngeal cancer, can achieve corresponding cure goals by simply increasing the amount in the early stage.

can also help most patients with laryngeal cancer avoid total laryngeal surgery to remove , retaining the laryngeal trachea and function, and effectively improving the patient's quality of life.

Therefore, radiotherapy is mostly a preferred treatment for early laryngeal cancer. If the effect of chemotherapy alone is not enough, can also improve the efficacy in subsequent cooperation with surgery.



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promotes the effect of radiotherapy. It is recommended that you do 2 points

Preparation before radiotherapy

First, patients who need radiotherapy should undergo radiotherapy before radiotherapy must develop good living and eating habits, such as quitting smoking, quitting alcohol, light diet, regular sleep, etc.

Also, don’t be too nervous or afraid. Don’t have too much psychological burden . Just treat this treatment as ordinary treatment.

Things to note after radiotherapy

And the things to note after radiotherapy include the following points:

2. regular review;
3. 1 ml1 enhances nutrient intake, eat less spicy, greasy and irritating foods, and eat more easily digestible high-vitamins, high- protein and foods containing trace elements;
4. appropriately improves personal immunity and resistance;
6. maintain a good attitude and maintain a positive and healthy life.



Conclusion: In general, no matter which treatment plan it is, cancer patients need to consider comprehensively based on their personal condition and physical fitness. Cancer patients also need to actively follow the doctor's advice and cooperate with the doctor to carry out active treatment. The earlier the control is, the condition will be restored and healthy.