The full name of "radiation therapy" is "radiation therapy", which is one of the methods of treating cancer. In addition to radiation therapy, there are also chemotherapy and surgery, which are currently common methods for treating cancer. Different treatment methods have different therapeutic effects. Radiation therapy is actually a method of killing cancer cells one by one by inhibiting them. It is also sometimes used in conjunction with chemotherapy and surgery to treat the body to help patients reduce pain or live longer.

The main difference between radiotherapy and chemotherapy is that radiotherapy actually uses radioactive elements to scan and irradiate local parts of human tumors. The main radioactive elements include uranium 235 and cobalt 60, which kill harmful cancer cells through radiation; chemotherapy is also what we call drug therapy. The drug enters the human blood and removes cancer cells from the human body through the drug. However, these two cancer treatments have significant side effects and harm to various tissues and organs of the human body.

In fact, radiotherapy and chemotherapy have great side effects, but radiotherapy is more harmful to the human body than chemotherapy. Radiation therapy often produces localized cutaneous side effects such as ulcers, radiation esophagitis, and radiation therapy-induced localized cutaneous cystitis. These side effects will generally recover after radiotherapy and will not cause much harm to the body. Radiation therapy does not cause serious side effects to some important organs in our body.

During radiation, the human skin tissue is damaged first. When radiation begins, the skin will turn red and then have some wrinkles. After a while, the skin will begin to dry out and the skin tissue will become much darker than before. It's like sunbathing. At first, it will be red, swollen and rough, but after a while, it will peel off, which is still the case a lot. It is best to give timely feedback to your doctor to resolve skin problems.