How long does esophagus cancer radiate a time

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I can't sleep soundly these days. I don't have much energy to work during the day, and I don't have appetite. I feel nauseous and want to vomit when I eat, and occasionally have acid regurgitation. I went to a small hospital for examination and said that it was esophageal cancer and needed radiotherapy. Today, let me share with you how long esophageal cancer radiotherapy takes.

How long does esophagus cancer radiate a time

First, if the patient's constitution is good, radiotherapy is possible. A course of radiotherapy for esophageal cancer generally needs to be done 30 times, five times a week, for six weeks. Course of treatment can best be based on the Constitution and condition of the disease, of course, radiotherapy will also have great side effects, or actively reduce the side effects.

Second, radiotherapy is also divided into general radiotherapy, conformal radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy, with different costs. Well, numbness of hands and feet is a side effect caused by chemotherapy. Chemotherapy can kill tumor cells, but it has no ability to recognize them. At the same time, it kills normal cells, which has strong side effects.

Third: because the patient's white blood cells are low, it is better to receive radiotherapy when the white blood cells rise above normal level. Of course, radiotherapy is not necessarily based on the time standard, but mainly on the patient's physical condition. If the patient can not continue to tolerate radiotherapy, he needs to stop and wait for the body to recover before treatment.

matters needing attention

At the end of radiotherapy, patients should be alert to the emergence of radioactive mediastinitis, because now esophageal cancer radiotherapy advocate late course acceleration, so the late radiotherapy reaction is often heavy, if patients gradually appear chest and back pain after radiotherapy, it is likely to be caused by radioactive mediastinitis, should be timely medical treatment.