How many times should prostate cancer be treated with radiotherapy

So far, the main methods for treating prostate cancer include surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy and other methods, among which radiotherapy is one of the most important treatments for prostate cancer. During the treatment, different treatment plans will be selected according to the patient's physical condition and the severity of the disease. Choosing a suitable treatment plan does not mean that prostate cancer can be completely cured, because complications are likely to occur in the patient during the treatment process. In clinical practice, many patients often cannot persist in treatment, mainly because radiotherapy can cause some complications in patients.

When patients receive radiotherapy, radioactive substances will destroy tumor cells in the body, but at the same time they will also have a certain degree of damage to normal tissues and organs. The main adverse reactions that patients will experience are:

In the early stages of combined radiotherapy, patients may experience early complications such as impotence and lower limb edema, as well as proctitis, cystitis, or urethritis, but 90% of patients will not suffer persistent late damage.

Treatment through internal radiation therapy will have a relatively small impact on the patient's tumor tissue and a small part of the normal tissue around it, as well as the rectal urination function and sexual function, and will greatly reduce the complications caused by external radiation therapy, and its complications mainly include thrombophlebitis, lymphangitis, etc. When the treatment reaches the late stage, the patient will have edema and difficulty defecating. Patients will have more dangerous complications through radiation therapy, such as acute gastrointestinal reactions, including diarrhea and anorectal discomfort, so more than half of the patients have to stop treatment.

Radiotherapy is the most common treatment for prostate cancer, but this method often brings relatively large side effects to patients, such as digestive tract reactions, blood routine, liver and kidney function abnormalities, etc., which bring great pain to patients and affect the normal progress of chemotherapy. Therefore, patients should pay attention to diet conditioning in their daily lives and do some appropriate physical exercise to enhance their own resistance.