SHORT VERSION More than half of patients with cancer will receive radiation therapy during their care pathway.
Radiation therapy is a localized treatment that isrecommended for approximately 60% of patients with cancer. Radiotherapy can be: palliative, when the aim is to relieve a symptom, such as pain or bleeding. Radiotherapy can be proposedalone or in combination with other treatments, particularly surgery and/or chemotherapy.. In this case, clinicians talk about concomitant radio-chemotherapy.. The sequence and duration of each treatment depend on the tumor type, location, stage, and on the patient’s general health status and age. If performed before cancer surgery, radiation therapy is called neoadjuvant and its objectives are to: If performed after surgery, radiation therapy is called adjuvant and its aims are to: Radiotherapy is very frequently proposed to patients with:
When is radiotherapy used?
General information on radiotherapy
The different types of radiotherapy
The different radiotherapy techniques
Innovations in radiotherapy
Before and during radiotherapy
After radiotherapy
Radiotherapy for breast cancer
Radiotherapy for prostate cancer
Radiotherapy and side effects
Radiosensitivity
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