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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 & Perceived Effectiveness
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| Purpose | # of patients | # of patients with evaluations | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
| Breast Cancer | 47 | 10 |
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| Prostate Cancer | 19 | 3 |
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| Squamous Cell Throat Cancer | 7 | 1 |
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| DCIS (Ductal carcinoma in situ) | 6 | 2 |
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| Glioblastoma | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Esophageal Cancer | 3 | 0 | |||||
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Reported Side Effects
Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Radiation Therapy
| Fatigue | 7 | |
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| Hospitalization | 6 | |
| Hair loss | 4 | |
| Hospitalization | 4 | |
| Tiredness | 3 | |
| Burning sensation | 2 | |
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of Radiation Therapy
Always |
30 | 91% |
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Usually |
0 | 0% |
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Sometimes |
0 | 0% |
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Never |
3 | 9% |
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Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Radiation Therapy
Very |
6 | 18% |
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Somewhat |
8 | 24% |
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A little |
7 | 21% |
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Not at all |
12 | 36% |
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Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Radiation Therapy
$200+ |
2 | 29% |
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$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
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$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
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$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
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< $25 |
5 | 71% |
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