Wednesday, February 29, 2012

What is the difference between Chemo therahy and Radiation?

What is the difference between Chemo therahy and Radiation?

Which one is stronger than the other, please help me to explain.What is the difference between Chemo therahy and Radiation?
I am a radiotherapist.

Chemo was explained quite well by Angel_Blue. It is a drug, it can be delivered in the form of an injection, via a drip, as a tablet or even in a cream. the side effects are often systemic - ie. they affect the whole body.

Radiotherapy is the use of very high energy x-rays. It is usually used to treat cancer, but can be used for some other illnesses. it can be used to cure cancer, or just to reduce pain or othe problems associated with cancer. the side effects are usually localised ie- they only affect the area actually treated. a course of Radiotherapy can be given in 1 treatment, or as many as 37 treatments, they are usually given once a day, 5 days a week.What is the difference between Chemo therahy and Radiation?
Chemotherapy involves putting toxic drugs into a person's body through an I.V needle in your arm. Radiation is what's used in x-rays. I take chemo, so i don't know exactly how radiation works. I DO know chemo drugs have all sorts of side effects, and none of them are nice. Vomiting, nausea, weight loss, tired ALL the time, sleeping too much, hair loss.... and more. I know radiation gives you blisters like a sunburn, that pop and flake like a REAL sunburn, but that's all i know. Try looking it up online somewhere.What is the difference between Chemo therahy and Radiation?
Chemo is a drug and radiation is x ray radiation.

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