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What is Radiation Therapy?

Radiation therapy or radiotherapy has applications in cancer treatment and in some non-malignant conditions such as the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, severe thyroid eye disease, prevention of keloid scar growth, and to control excessive saliva production in conditions such as ALS.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Breast Cancer 34 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Prostate Cancer 16 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
DCIS (Ductal carcinoma in situ) 6 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Squamous Cell Throat Cancer 5 1 Efficacy_major
MALT lymphoma 2 0
Rectal Cancer 2 0

See all 13 patients currently having Radiation Therapy

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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Radiation Therapy

Always
 21 91%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 2 9%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Radiation Therapy

Very
 4 17%
Somewhat
 7 30%
A little
 4 17%
Not at all
 8 35%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Radiation Therapy

$200+
 2 29%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 5 71%

Report created on May 28, 2012.