Goal of Radiation Therapy for Ovarian Cancer
Radiation treatment is also called radiotherapy. It is high-energy radiation that kills or shrinks cancer cells. In the past, doctors used radiation as a main treatment for ovarian cancer. Today doctors rarely use it. If they do, they combine it with other types of treatment. You may have it if you have already undergone treatment, but the cancer has come back. In most cases, its main goal is to control symptoms, not to treat the cancer.
Online Medical Reviewer:
Herzog, Thomas J. MD
Online Medical Reviewer:
Kanipe, Jennifer RN, BSN
Online Medical Reviewer:
Martin, Virginia A. RN, MSN, AOCN
Online Medical Reviewer:
Stump-Sutliff, Kim RN, MSN, AOCNS
Last Annual Review Date:
8/1/2009