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Health Encyclopedia: Ovarian Cancer Radiation Therapy
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Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy is not typically used in ovarian cancer. This is because radiation would need to be given to the entire abdomen and pelvis, increasing its toxicity. Radiation is sometimes useful to treat isolated areas of tumor that are causing pain and are no longer responsive to chemotherapy.
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Expert & Community Posts
Radiation Beam Therapy: Treating Prostate Cancer and Minimizing ED
By Dr. Justin Harmon , Health ExpertWhen using radiation therapy to treat prostate cancer, the goal is to focus the radiation "beam"... Read more »
Guide to Radiation
By Jacki Donaldson , Health Expert...HealthCentral's Expert Patients, I have written a guide to radiation.When it comes to breast... Read more »
MammoSite: A Survivor's Story
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...and her doctors decided to treat her cancer with radiation. I pushed really hard from the... Read more »
OK, I Have Breast Cancer. Now What? A Step-by-Step Guide to Treatment
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...you’ll have after your mastectomy, or whether or not radiation will exhaust you. But I can at... Read more »
Prostate Cancer Treatment: What to Try if Radiation Fails
By Jay Motola , Health Expert...clear information on what treatment I can get if radiation fails. I have been receiving Lupron,... Read more »
Health Guide
Radiation for Breast Cancer: Radiation with Lumpectomy, Mammosite Radiation, Brachytherapy
When it comes to breast cancer treatment, radiation can seem like a walk in the park compared to major surgery and months of chemotherapy. For me, it was a breeze. I had already survived a lumpectomy... Read more »Colon and Rectal Cancers: Radiation Treatment
Radiation TreatmentRadiation therapy uses x-rays to kill cancer cells that might remain after an operation or to shrink large tumors before an operation so that they can be removed surgically. The... Read more »Caregiving at Home
...are not under your control. Middle of the night emergency visits to the hospital or daily trips for radiation or chemotherapy treatments can wreak havoc on your home and work schedules. In... Read more »Breast Cancer Radiation Treatment
RadiationRadiation therapy uses x-rays to kill cancer cells or to shrink the size of a tumor in the breast or surrounding tissue. Radiation therapy after mastectomy can reduce local recurrences in... Read more »Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Radiation Treatments
RadiationRadiation is commonly used to treat indolent lymphomas. The dose administered ranges from 35 - 50 Gy and depends on a number of factors: The type of lymphoma, the age of the patient, whether... Read more »Images
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...medical history (including previous heart disease, radiation therapy in the chest area), and... Read more »
...response to therapy, and other chemotherapy drugs or radiation treatment you may be ... Read more »
...men with other medications and sometimes with radiation treatments to treat prostate cancer.... Read more »
...medical history (including previous heart disease, radiation treatment to the chest area), and... Read more »
...medical history (including previous heart disease, radiation treatment to the chest area, or if... Read more »
Related News
Easing Radiation Side Effects
May 05, 2008LAFAYETTE, La. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- This year, more than 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Many of them will have... Read summary »
Radiation Seeds for Breast Cancer
May 05, 2008TORONTO (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- June McNamee counts her family among her many blessings. They were her lifeline when she was diagnosed with... Read summary »
GPS for Prostate Cancer
May 05, 2008SEATTLE (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- When a prostate shifts during radiation treatment for prostate cancer, technicians run the risk of missing the... Read summary »
Extra Radiation Helps Keep Breast Cancer Away
February 19, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women with early-stage breast cancer are seeing the benefits of receiving an additional high dose of radiation (boost dose)... Read summary »
Study: Radiation Increases Risk of Stroke
July 03, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients treated for Hodgkin lymphoma with radiation therapy have a substantially higher risk of stroke, according to a new... Read summary »
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