This pamphlets provides information for patients receiving radiation therapy to the pelvis. Answers common questions like: what will happen during your treatment, how long are the treatments, and what are the possible side effects of radiation therapy.
Cancer may be treated with a combination of treatments, radiation therapy is used to shrink cancer and lower the chance of it returning. This pamphlets describes how to prepare for the appointments, what will happen during your treatment, how long the treatments will take, and the possible side effects with coping strategies such as changing eating habits. The pamphlet describes the supports available to you and questions to ask your health care team.
This Nova Scotia resource provides some examples of dilators and lubricants that can be used for vaginal dilation after pelvic radiation. Please refer to the booklet “Use of Vaginal Dilators Following Radiation Therapy to the Pelvis” for more information. Examples of sets of dilators, individual dilators, and vaginal lubricants are given. Contact information for further questions is included.
This book provides a state-of-the-art review of the role of radiation therapy in various pelvic malignancies as well as the consequences of the radiation in the pelvic tissues. With sections covering the role of radiation therapy in the various pelvic malignancies, the pathophysiology of radiation related injury and the risk factors that increase the possibility of such an injury, and the latest in medical, endoscopic and surgical therapies for these radiation related complications the text off…
This pamphlet outlines why having full bladder is beneficial for cancer treatments and provides instruction on how to make sure you have a full bladder for every appointment.
Radiation to the pelvis is used to treat cancer of the cervix, ovary, vagina, vulva, endometrium (uterus), bladder, rectum and anus. This booklet is for people with vaginas who are going to have, or who have had, any type of radiation to the pelvis. Pelvic radiation can cause side effects, including narrowing and shortening of the vagina. This booklet explains how to prevent and manage this narrowing and shortening using a vaginal dilator. A vaginal dilator is a tube that is inserted into the v…