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• Radiation Therapy Vs Proton Therapy
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• Combination Different Therapies
• Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
• How is Radiation Therapy Delivered?
• Radiation Therapy: How Dangerous it is
• Radiation Enteritis in Mesothelioma Patients
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Radiation Therapy: How Dangerous it is

In recent years, radiation therapy has become quite popular to tackle the deadly disease mesothelioma. Radiation therapy is a special device of the application of high-powered radioactive rays on the affected area. These radioactive rays destroys tumor and thereby lessens the chance of spreading the disease to other parts of the body. The radioactive rays destroys the DNA of the cell, as a result the cancerous cells cannot multiply themselves. However there is some question about the efficacy of the method in general. To control the disease, at present there are also some other mode of radiation therapy, which the physicians all around the world are using.

The radiation therapy has a number of side effects. If your or your friend or your relative is suffering from this disease, you can ask the doctor for radiation therapy. But your doctor will take the final decision about the radiation therapy. However, the author of this article wants to inform you beforehand about some side effects of the radiation therapy. Actually there are number of side effects that are associated with radiation therapy. Each and every side effect may not appear in your case. The side effects will be different for different persons depending upon the type, location and mode of treatment. Now let us discuss more about it. Radiation means some common types of side effect like hair loss, irritation of skin and fatigue. But if the radiation is applied on neck and head the most common side effects are dry mouth, earaches, nausea and most commonly swallowing problem. If the affected area is the chest, the common side effects are cough and breathing shortness. If the affected area is the abdomen the common side effects include stomach upset and diarrhea. If the affected area is the pelvis, the side effects become more prominent. The side effects include stomach upset, nausea, frequent urge to get to the bathroom and irritation of bladder.