Mild to moderate urinary problems and mild fatigue for 1 2 months.
Calypso radiation therapy prostate cancer side effects.
Advantages also include better expected outcomes because high doses can be delivered safely.
Since radiation treatment with calypso keeps the targeted area smaller patients benefit from decreased side effects such as irritation to the bowel or bladder area or sexual dysfunction.
Side effects during after treatment.
Resume normal activity immediately after treatment.
It may peel or become moist and tender.
Many people who get radiation therapy experience fatigue.
Some of the side effects from ebrt are the same as those from surgery while others are different.
Learn more about possible side effects.
Advantages of beam radiation include noninvasive and low risk of short term side effects fatigue bowel irritation sexual dysfunction.
Joel finished his treatment plan about six months ago.
Radiation can irritate the rectum and cause a condition called radiation proctitis.
Other side effects depend on the part of the body that is being treated.
This can lead to diarrhea sometimes with blood in the stool and rectal leakage.
About 1 of patients need catheterization for urinary retention.
You may notice some skin changes in the area exposed to radiation.
The calypso 4d localization system uses real time tumor tracking to keep external radiation focused on the tumor and not surrounding healthy tissue thereby minimizing side effects such as incontinence and erectile dysfunction.
Risk of late onset 3 years after treatment urinary sexual and bowel side effects.
Before external radiation with the calypso system.
The calypso system also called gps for the body directs focused therapy to your prostate while sparing healthy tissue.
On the other hand beam radiation has had several hurdles to overcome.
We were the first center in oregon with calypso radiation therapy a system that tracks the exact location of your prostate.
Calypso image guided radiation therapy.
A study of 64 patients who used the calypso system to track their prostate tumors in real time during radiation sessions had fewer bowel related side effects like diarrhea as well as less urinary.
Radiation therapy has side effects because it not only kills or slows the growth of cancer cells it can also affect nearby healthy cells.
