Side Effects Of Lung Cancer Radiotherapy

Radiation therapy has side effects because it not only kills or slows the growth of cancer cells it can also affect nearby healthy cells.

Side effects of lung cancer radiotherapy.

A critical review of recent developments in radiotherapy for non small cell lung cancer s baker and others radiation oncology 2016. Getting radiation to the breast can sometimes cause an inflammation of the lungs which is called radiation pneumonitis. See if you re getting radiation to the chest below for more details. Because radiation therapy is a localized treatment most side effects develop in the treatment area for lung cancer that is the chest.

Many people who get radiation therapy experience fatigue. Hypofractionated intensity modulated radiotherapy for patients with non small cell lung cancer e pollom and others clinical lung cancer 2016 nov 17 6 588 594. Lung damage radiation pneumonitis.