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before the surgery (to shrink the tumor), in this case is called neoadjuvant radiotherapy or after surgery to radiate and destroy any remaining tumor cells after surgery, in this case is called adjuvant. Radiation therapy may improve breathlessness in patients, and is painless. You can use either from an external device, or implantation of a radioactive substance into the tumor, usually uses the first. It can be combined with chemotherapy.
It is a therapy that affects healthy cells, and diseased, and may result in skin disorders, hair loss, fatigue, tiredness, trouble swallowing food, among others.
Chemotherapy:
It involves injecting substances that cause cancer cells to stop dividing, with the resulting death of them, is the treatment of choice for SCLC. Again, like radiation therapy can be used before, instead of, or after surgery together with radiotherapy or can be used alone.
Like radiation therapy, this treatment affects both healthy and sick cells, and is mostly hair loss, fatigue, nausea and vomiting.
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