Electron Beam Radiation Side Effects

Most of the time you will get external beam radiation therapy as an outpatient.

Electron beam radiation side effects.

Side effects are limited to the treatment site. Unfortunately electron beam therapy is not completely devoid of side effects. In this technique a large machine called a linear accelerator aims a beam of high energy radiation at the breast affected by the cancer. Your nurse will talk with you about the side effects you re most likely to have.

Possible side effects of radiation side effects of radiation are usually limited to the area getting radiation and can include. The radiation therapist controls the movement and checks to be sure it s working properly. Find treatment reviews for electron beam therapy radiation therapy from other patients. During or soon after therapy it can cause acute effects such as fatigue itching tanning and burns like moderate or severe sunburn.

The type of side effects experienced depends on the size and location of the cancer and the length of treatment. In general most patients gradually develop skin irritation or a sunburn like redness in the treatment area. Below are the most common side effects of electron beam radiation therapy. During or soon after therapy electron beam radiation can cause acute effects such as fatigue itching tanning and burns like sunburn.

Follow the guidelines in this section to help manage your side effects during and after treatment. Where you go for external beam radiation therapy. The machine will make clicking and whirring noises and might sometimes sound like a vacuum cleaner as it moves to aim the radiation beam from different angles. Researchers hope these different schedules for delivering radiation may be more effective and cause fewer side effects than the usual way of doing it or be as effective but more convenient.

Patients may also see blood in their urine feces or semen. Temporary incontinence or urinary leakage frequency burning during urination and difficulty urinating or urinary retention are associated with external radiation therapy. Although these acute side effects are occasionally severe they are self limited if appropriate supportive therapy is administered in a timely fashion. Long term effects include dry skin decreased sweating skin color changes loss of scalp hair and the development of dilated blood vessels telangectasias.

Some side effects might take longer to go away. You might have all some or none of these. External whole breast radiation sometimes called external beam whole breast radiation is the most common type of radiation.