A serious side effect of colorectal radiation therapy is _______________________.
radiation burn |
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radiation enteritis |
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loss of appetite |
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hair loss |
a serious side effect of colorectal radiation therapy is radiation enteritis. in radiation enteritis, the part of the small and large intestine or rectum gets affected and inflammation takes place due to radiations, which can lead to loss of tissues also.
radiation burns, loss of appetite and hair loss are not very much serious side effects and are common with radiation therpay.
A serious side effect of colorectal radiation therapy is _______________________. radiation burn radiation enteritis loss of...
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Using Table 7.4, if a person in
the Ukraine at the Chernobyl plant received a dose of 1.5 x 105
millirem (mrem) of radiation at the time of the accident what would
be the likely short term effect? Table 7-4.png death a drop in
white blood cell count no observable effect nausea, vomiting and
loss of hair Flag this Question Question 10 3 pts Suppose a nuclear
fission reaction resulted in a mass difference of 0.2 g/mol (i.e.
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Read the following: Many cancer treatments cause side effects such as hair loss and damage to the stomach and intestines, producing nausea. Post a paragraph that addresses the following: What can you infer about the mechanisms of these treatments? Explain. Imagine a person claims that an herb can cure cancer with few or no side effects. Do you think this claim could be true? Why or why not? Explain. What experiment would you perform to test this claim? Justify your...
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TZR AU All of the following are si a. Hair loss b. Nausea c. Anemia wing are side effects of radiation therapy except 73 Which part of d. None of the above part of the body is examined during an angiography? a. Joints b. Blood vessels c. Vertebrae d. Intestines What does a cholangiography evaluate! a. Bile ducts b. Liver c. Gallbladder d. Both a and b 74 57. The is cal (A)st: 75 An example of a type of...
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