Treating ENT Cancer With Radiation Therapy (Head or Neck)

Your doctor has prescribed radiation therapy to treat ENT cancer. This fact sheet describes this treatment and the precautions to be taken to ensure everything goes as smoothly as possible.

Treatments and surgical operations , Cancer, Oncology, Head and neck cancer

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Traiter un cancer ORL par la radiothérapie (tête ou cou)

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Treating ENT Cancer With Radiation Therapy (Head or Neck)

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Chemotherapy-Related Nausea and Vomiting

Bladder Cancer

Preventing Food Poisoning

Removing Lymph Nodes During Breast Cancer Surgery