During your radiation therapy treatments, beams of radiation will be aimed at the group(s) of lymph nodes where the cancer is. Some radiation may also be aimed ... About radiation therapy · Side effects of treatment

Radiotherapy to the lymph nodes shows that one or more lymph nodes contain cancer cells. The treatment is usually surgery to remove the lymph nodes or ...

7 авг. 2015 г. · Two studies suggest that regional lymph node radiation after early-stage breast cancer surgery reduces recurrence risk but doesn't improve overall survival.

15 янв. 2019 г. · Men with 'high risk' prostate cancer can safely receive high-dose radiotherapy to kill cancer cells that have spread into neighbouring lymph nodes, a new study ...

If the therapy of the primary tumor with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy shows good results, the probability is high that the lymph node metastases will also ...

In this situation, the radiation can kill any cancer cells that might ... cancer may recur in the remaining tissues of the chest wall or lymph nodes.

Seventy-five lymph node-positive prostate cancer patients were treated by radiotherapy alone (36%) or by radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy (64%).

When examination of the lymph glands removed shows that cancer has spread to them, there may be a need to treat the remaining lymph glands with radiotherapy.

Radiotherapy can be used to treat groups of lymph nodes affected by lymphoma. Find out more about radiotherapy for lymphoma and its possible side effects.