Side effects radiotherapy

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Can anyone tell me what to except from radiotherapy for lung cancer thanks 

  • Hi . I think you might be better posting this in the lung cancer board? I had radiotherapy for bowel cancer and found it very doable. Others have suffered from fatigue and loose bowels but presumably that wouldn’t affect you? Sore skin can be an issue but the radiographers will give you a cream to use for that.

    The actual process is painless and involves lying on a hard table while they line the machine up then the treatment takes about 5 minutes and you’re done.

    I’ve attached a link to the Macmillan page on it

    www.macmillan.org.uk/.../radiotherapy-for-lung-cancer

    Macmillan Support Line - 0808 808 00 00, 7 days a week between 8am-8pm