Radiotherapy twice in the same place?
Hello, so I was surprised today when my oncologist raised the possibility of further radiation in the same place as previously (I had 5 weeks of radiotherapy at the beginning of 2019) due to a new rec...
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Hi @StarGirl, Your radiation was the regular radiation and not the high dose, focussed radiation. The good thing about the high dose radiation is that you only have 2 to 4 sessions over consecutive days. You still get tired but are less likely to get side effects like nausea and diarrhoea as the radiation is focussed on the cancer tissue and mostly avoids the good tissue. But I am not sure if you would be eligible for this. May be worth having a chat with a radiation oncologist to see what they can do for you. You do not have to proceed with what they recommend if you don't want to. Good luck and let us know how you go.