Experiences with

Radiotherapy

There are no scintigraphic signs of distal progression elsewhere 08.February 2021, PSA 0.53 I go to the oncologist again to see if he will recommend radiotherapy to me. What do you think if you do radiotherapy of the whole pelvis or target metastases?

Hi everyone, My dad is is currently half way through palliative radiotherapy on his prostate. He said he's started to see blood on the tissue when he wipes. He says sometimes only a bit then other times a bit more. The radiologist said this is about par for the course at this stage.

Hello my mum has been diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer and as anyone can imaging it’s a big shock to the family ,it’s on her right lung 3 cm she has been offered radiotherapy I’m not sure the difference between chemotherapy and radiotherapy and will it shrink the tumour or take it away I’m

Doctor says he wants to do radiotherapy to eliminate the last stubborn active cancer cells in my prostate. But is this the best option? Will I suffer any problems after radiotherapy? Will it affect any future treatments?

If you have received radiotherapy for a gynaecological cancer or supported someone who has received radiotherapy of gynae cancer, the team at Lancaster University would like to hear from you. More information can be found at https://tinyurl.com/GynaeCancerNarratives

Hi guys Last Nov I had high does radiotherapy on my L2 this has now turned into a spinal fracture is this common thing.

They are now offering him 25 sessions of radiotherapy and 1 year of lupron.

Anyone else had it pushing on brain stem without bad side effects until given radiotherapy, anyone stayed on w and w for several years with a similar size AN until they had to have surgery, as radiotherapy ruled out? Sorry... Lots of questions!!

I is there anyone on external beam radiotherapy treatment for metastatic prostate cancer ... Looking for ideas regarding alternative treatment options... Many thanks David Sharpe

The study also showed the greatest synergy occurred with high daily dose radiotherapy, similar to the doses delivered with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) currently used to treat some patients with cancer. https://medicine.uiowa.edu/content/hydrogen-peroxide-producing-drug-boosts-cancer-killing-effect-radiotherapy

Anybody have any experience of running during radiotherapy? I am starting radiotherapy in about 10 days, and was wondering if anybody has managed to keep running during treatment, or were just too knackered?

Doctors at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge aim to drastically cut cancer waiting times by using artificial intelligence (AI) to automate lengthy radiotherapy preparations. Planning radiotherapy treatment can be a lengthy process.

After talking to my Radiotherapy team this morning and explaining the negative/positive and negative results they have confirmed I can go for my Radiotherapy tomorrow 👏👏 but have to go last on the list and I have to take proof of my negative tests.

My worry is that it’s not the radiotherapy, but the cancer causing her to feel so fatigued. Is it possible to experience fatigue as bad as this from the radiotherapy?

Has anyone had low neutrophils long after Radiotherapy? Nearly a year after it, my neutrophils are only 0.6, way below the lower normal range.

The aim of the study is to increase understanding of how radiotherapy impacts on social, personal and sexual lives. They hope the insights gained from the study will improve future patient experiences of living with the social and personal impacts of radiotherapy.

It will allow improving the efficiency of radiotherapy and minimizing its negative effects. Radiotherapy is one of the leading treatments for hard tumor cancers. Ionizing radiation used in radiotherapy, unfortunately, causes multiple side effects and complications.

Hello, Could you tell me what are the expected PSA values ​​after Salvage Radiotherapy (SRT), a certain fluctuation between 0,04 and 0,06 is normal after 7 months post-RT? Thanks!

damage the radiotherapy has caused.So i would advise anyone to have the prostate removed and avoid radiotherapy.Bob

Because of a cervical tumor, I started going for radiotherapy. After the second day of therapy I have terrible nausea and all my food has a horrible smell. Is that normal?