Your radiation oncology team will answer all of your questions to help you feel comfortable during your treatments.
Your treatment team is led by a radiation oncologist who will guide all of your radiation therapy treatments.
It is always okay to ask questions if you are confused or concerned before, during or after treatment.
Your radiation oncology nurse is available to answer questions and help manage any side effects of treatment.
Your radiation oncologist uses sophisticated medical equipment to make sure the radiation goes directly to your tumor while avoiding healthy organs.
Radiation therapy treatments are generally painless, much like receiving an X-ray. The most common side effects are skin irritation, like a sunburn, and fatigue.
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Radiation Physicist
A radiation physicist is the person who makes sure that the radiation machine or implant delivers the right amount of radiation to the correct site in the body. The physicist works with the radiation oncologist to choose the treatment schedule and dose that has the best chance of killing the most cancer cells.
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Questions to ask the oncologist
Coping with a diagnosis of cancer and researching the various treatment options can be a stressful experience. To help, we have compiled several questions you may want to ask your doctors as you consider treatment options.
Questions before treatment
Questions during treatment
Questions after treatment
Questions regarding safety
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About 170,000 people will be diagnosed with brain metastases this year making it more common than many primary cancers, such as primary brain tumors (42,000 cases), lymphoma (75,000) or colon cancer (106,000). Read how radiation is used to treat brain metastases.
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