This document discusses radiation therapy for lung cancer. It describes how radiation therapy uses high-energy rays to kill cancer cells. It explains that radiation therapy may be given after chemotherapy to treat large tumors or sick patients. It also discusses the different types of radiation therapy, including external beam radiation therapy which is administered from outside the body over 20-36 treatments, and internal brachytherapy which places a radiation source inside the body during bronchoscopy. Finally, it notes that treatment is carefully planned to determine the needed radiation dose and location before daily treatments using skin marks or tattoos to target the same area.

1. Radiation Therapy for lung
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2. Radiation Therapy
• Radiation therapy is the high-energy rays that are used to kill
cancer cells.
• Chest radiation can sometimes be given after chemotherapy
has been completed called sequential therapy, particularly in
people who have very large tumors or who are very sick when
they are initially diagnosed with the cancer.
• The radiation therapy
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get rid off from the cancer.

4. Breathing Test
• The breathing test has been taken for the treatment before
the radiation therapy has been planned.
• The breathing tests measure how much air you can breathe in
and out.
• They also test about how much exercise you can do before
you get breathless.

6. Types of Radiation therapy
• There two types of radiation therapy are involved in this
treatment here are 2 main types of radiation therapy:
• External beam radiation therapy
• Brachytherapy (internal radiation therapy)

8. External Radiotherapy
• The radiotherapy for lung cancer can be given as a external
treatment.
• The Treatment has been given depends on your cancer cell
type.
• You may have 20 to 36 treatments to cure the lung cancer.
• There will be one treatment in each day will be conducted to
control the cancer cells.

10. Internal Radiation Therapy
• This is also called brachytherapy or endobronchial therapy.
You have the treatment during a bronchoscopy.
• The radiation source is inside a narrow tube that the doctor
puts inside your airway for a few minutes.
• Doctors use this type of treatment to shrink a tumour that is
blocking or pressing on your airway and making breathing
difficult for you.

12. Planning the treatment and ink marks
• Before you begin the treatment the radiotherapy should be
planned carefully.
• This means working out how much radiation you need to treat
the cancer and exactly where you need it.
• Once the
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planned your radiotherapy, they may put ink marks on your
skin to make sure they treat exactly the same area every day.
• They may also make pin point sized tattoo marks in these
areas.

14. End of treatment
• Once your radiation treatments have been completed, or a
day or two before your last treatment, you will have a final
visit with your physician.
• During this visit, your doctor will perform an examination and
discuss follow-up care.
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