Cancer Radiation

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Im 18 years old and today i had a mammogram test well after i had done it they told i shouldn’t have took the mammogram and just took the ultrasound test SO now im wondering does the radiation of the mammogram couse cancer?

my aunt had stage 3 breast cancer & undergone chemotherapy a year ago, after that she refused to have any further treatment including surgery & radiation. recently the whole breast is opened up with pus, whole breast upto the armpit is too hard. she refused to take any medication, actually she has psychiatric problem. she only let me change the dressing at home once a day. any idea what will happen next in such case?

She was diagnosed ten years ago and almost died from the chemo and radiation. The cancer was seriously bad and we are so worried since it is back in her lung now. Does anyone have any advice or help with this?

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the long journey of cancer and chemo and radiation

Okay, back in March of this year (2008), my mom was diagnosed with cancer. She’s gone through chemotherapy and radiation and other stuff. She even had a metal rod put in her leg over her bone, because the caner made it weak and the doctors were afraid she’d break her leg.

Yes, my mom is still alive, so I am VERY thankful for that!!^_^

However, she still has tumors. In her back and chest area, and only there. She says the tumor(s) in her back is/are pressing against a nerve (maybe more than one nerve, though). But the cancer(s) NOT affecting the nerve(s), other than pressing against it/them.

But this is something I’m wondering about. Why can’t she just get the tumors cut out? I have asked this question to her doctor before, but he only ever says “No, no no.”

Well, why, why why? The most he said was, “The tumors would come back”. But that still makes no sense.

Why not just cut out the tumors (while being careful of the nerves in the area), burn the area of flesh around where the tumors were (as well as put in some medicine to prevent infection), then close the area back up and if necessary use synthetic skin to help the body heal itself better? This makes the most sense (to me, anyway). The tumors would be less likely to return if not only were they cut out, but an area larger and deeper than they were, was treated after their removal.

Right now her doctor has only given her pain pills (she’s currently not getting chemo – she was, and then later the chemo pills, but right now they’re focusing on reducing her pain), but pain pills don’t solve anything. They only cover the issue up and trick the body into thinking it’s not as miserable as it is.

Cut out the tumors and there will be pain from the procedure, but not from the tumors anymore. Get rid of the tumors and the cancer will most likely go away and stay away. A similar thing is done with cases of breast cancer, so why not on other parts of the body?

THIS MAKES NO SENSE!!! AM I MISSING SOMETHING??!!!!!!

what kind of side effects did you have? I had raditaion for breast cancer on my left side and the skin burned completely off under my breast, plus after the treatment, I ended up in the hospital with pleurosy which they said was caused by the radiation I had just finished and to top it off, my hair stopped growing under ONE armpit (crazy huh?). This was quites a few years ago but I was curious what happened to others who went through this. I didn’t not have to have chemo (so the hair loss thing is not related to that).

A drug that….
A. Causes cells to divide at a right angle from their usual orientation.
B. interferes with cellular meiosis.
C. Prevents sister chromatids from sepratingat anaphase.
D. Prevents tetrad formation.
E. Prevents crossing over.

Rob escorts Jill to her 30th and final radiation treatment. Yess!

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