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What Are the Risks of Lung Cancer Radiation Treatment?

April 26, 2017lung cancer radiation treatment

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What Are the Risks of Lung Cancer Radiation Treatment?

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According to MayoClinic.com, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States as of 2010. Even with therapy–surgery, chemotherapy and radiation–the survival rate after five years is less than 15 percent, according to Dr. Shaneli Fernando and colleagues in an article on the Cancer News website. Radiation therapy can be used in patients with local disease or in combination with other therapies. Radiation therapy has some risks associated with radiation in general; there are also some risks that are specific to radiation for lung cancer.