How to Reduce Side Effects of Radiation Therapy

Radiation therapy is a common cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and it’s used for various areas of the body. Radiation therapy does, however, come with a few side effects that can happen right away during radiation, or even show up and linger for weeks or months later. In this video, I share the main side effects of radiation therapy and the things that we do in cancer rehab to address them.

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00:00 Welcome!
01:29 Skin Changes
03:35 Swelling and Edema
04:54 Fatigue
05:58 Radiation Fibrosis

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