How is radiotherapy and chemotherapy going on

Update Date: 2021-09-29 Source: Network

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In today's society, regardless of age, the probability of cancer will be very high. Many people will abandon themselves when they get cancer, but now medicine is more and more developed, and there are many ways to treat cancer, among which there are three main treatment methods: radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery. Most people don't know much about the difference between radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and often confuse them. But there are obvious differences between chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Let's talk about the difference between chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

How is radiotherapy and chemotherapy going on

First, chemotherapy is to control malignant tumors through chemical drugs. Sometimes chemotherapy can cure the tumor, but more often it just controls the continuous growth and spread of the tumor. Radiotherapy is a method to control and eliminate cancer cells.

Second: most of the time, chemotherapy is about 4-5 days, a course of chemotherapy for two to three weeks. And radiotherapy is continuous irradiation of tumor, a course of radiotherapy usually lasts about 20-40 days, each time every day usually takes a few minutes. Although radiotherapy and chemotherapy time is very long, but it has obvious effect.

Third: Although chemotherapy and radiotherapy are quite different, in many cases, in order to increase the effect of tumor treatment, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery can be used together, so we can not separate chemotherapy and radiotherapy. For the treatment of tumor when the operation, when to radiotherapy, when chemotherapy, doctors will be based on the specific circumstances of patients

matters needing attention

Many patients think that chemotherapy and radiotherapy are terrible. They think that they are just maintaining their lives. They hold that living every day is a day. In fact, this idea is wrong. Patients should face up to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, cooperate with doctors seriously, actively accept surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, control and kill tumor, and welcome healthy life.