{"id":2978,"date":"2025-09-23T14:54:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T14:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cancer.southcoast.org\/?page_id=2978"},"modified":"2025-09-23T15:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:24:34","slug":"radiation-therapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cancer.southcoast.org\/es\/lung-cancer\/radiation-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Radioterapia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"blockSettings    hero-main-block show-breadcrumbs\" style=\"\"><div class=\"background\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"breadcrumbsWrapper desktop-breadcrumbs\"><nav id=\"breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Migas de pan\"><ol><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cancer.southcoast.org\/es\/\"><i class=\"fa-regular fa-house\"><\/i><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Inicio<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/nav><\/div><div class=\"breadcrumbsWrapper mobile-breadcrumbs\"><p id=\"mobile-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/cancer.southcoast.org\/es\"><i class=\"far fa-home\"><\/i><\/a><\/span> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-chevron-right separator\"><\/i> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/cancer.southcoast.org\/es\/lung-cancer\/\">C\u00e1ncer de pulm\u00f3n<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>    <div class=\"grid\">\n        <div class=\"col-bleed-y\">\n            <div class=\"inner-wrap\">\n                <div class=\"content-col\">\n                                            <h1>Radioterapia<\/h1>\n                                        <div class=\"copy-wrap\">\n                                                    <p>En Southcoast Cancer Care, nos especializamos en ofrecer a los pacientes opciones especializadas de tratamiento del c\u00e1ncer de eficacia probada, ya sea mediante terapia hormonal, quimioterapia o radioterapia en nuestros centros de Fall River o Fairhaven, MA. 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Puede curar algunos c\u00e1nceres, sobre todo en estadios tempranos. La radioterapia tambi\u00e9n puede ayudar a controlar los s\u00edntomas y los c\u00e1nceres que no pueden curarse.<\/p><\/div>    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"blockSeparator\"><\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n                <div class=\"col-sm-12 accordionWrapper\">\n                        <div class=\"accordionContent\">\n                                                                                        <div class=\"beefup openFaq openSingle\">\n                                <span class=\"beefup__icon fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/span>\n                                <button\n                                    type=\"button\"\n                                    id=\"beefup-1-header\"\n                                    class=\"openTitle beefup__head\"\n                                    title=\"Mostrar Preguntas frecuentes sobre radioterapia externa\"\n                                    role=\"heading\"\n                                    aria-level=\"3\"\n                                    aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                                    aria-controls=\"beefup-1-panel\">\n                                    Radioterapia externa                                <\/button>\n                                <div\n                                    id=\"beefup-1-panel\"\n                                    class=\"beefup__body maincopy\"\n                                    role=\"region\"\n                                    hidden\n aria-labelledby=\"beefup-1-header\"\n                                    style=\"display: none;\">\n                                    <p>Este tipo de radiaci\u00f3n se administra desde una m\u00e1quina situada fuera del cuerpo mientras el paciente est\u00e1 tumbado en una camilla. Un onc\u00f3logo radioterapeuta o un t\u00e9cnico dirige el haz de radiaci\u00f3n con precisi\u00f3n hacia el tumor o el c\u00e1ncer.<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <script>\n                                    jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n                                        $('.openFaq').beefup({\n                                            onOpen: function($el) {\n                                                var $btn = $el.find('.openTitle[aria-controls]');\n                                                var $panel = $('#' + $btn.attr('aria-controls'));\n                                                $btn.attr('aria-expanded', 'true')\n                                                    .attr('title', function(_, t) {\n                                                        return t.replace(\/^Show\/i, 'Hide');\n                                                    });\n                                                if ($panel.length) $panel.prop('hidden', false);\n                                            },\n                                            onClose: function($el) {\n                                                var $btn = $el.find('.openTitle[aria-controls]');\n                                                var $panel = $('#' + $btn.attr('aria-controls'));\n                                                $btn.attr('aria-expanded', 'false')\n                                                    .attr('title', function(_, t) {\n                                                        return t.replace(\/^Hide\/i, 'Show');\n                                                    });\n                                                if ($panel.length) $panel.prop('hidden', true);\n                                            }\n                                        });\n\n                                        $('.openFaq').each(function() {\n                                            var $el = $(this);\n                                            var $btn = $el.find('.openTitle[aria-controls]');\n                                            var $panel = $('#' + $btn.attr('aria-controls'));\n                                            var isOpen = $el.hasClass('is-open') || ($panel.is(':visible') && !$panel.prop('hidden'));\n                                            $btn.attr('aria-expanded', isOpen ? 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Se administran por v\u00eda intravenosa, en forma de pastillas o se colocan en una cavidad corporal. 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Su onc\u00f3logo de radiaci\u00f3n en Southcoast puede utilizar la radioterapia para:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Destruir un tumor<\/li>\n<li>Disminuir el riesgo de que el c\u00e1ncer vuelva a crecer despu\u00e9s de otros tratamientos, como la cirug\u00eda o la quimioterapia.<\/li>\n<li>Reducir un tumor antes de extirparlo quir\u00fargicamente<\/li>\n<li>Reducir un tumor para aliviar el dolor u otros s\u00edntomas del c\u00e1ncer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>    <\/div>\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"images\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"single\" src=\"https:\/\/cancer.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/ADP_4889-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"blockSettings  paddingTopSM paddingBottomNone media-object-block light\" style=\"background-color:#E9F7F4;\"><div class=\"container\">\n\t<div class=\"grid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"inner image-left list-style-disc inner-bg\" style=\"background-color: #E9F7F4;\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"mainCopyWrap\">\n            <h2>Efectos secundarios de la radiaci\u00f3n<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"paragraphWrap\"><p>Los posibles efectos secundarios de la radioterapia var\u00edan en funci\u00f3n del tipo y la dosis de radiaci\u00f3n, y de la zona del cuerpo que necesite tratamiento.<\/p>\n<p>Los riesgos generales incluyen:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dificultad para tragar si la radiaci\u00f3n est\u00e1 cerca de la cabeza o el cuello<\/li>\n<li>Fatiga<\/li>\n<li>Ca\u00edda del cabello cerca de la zona tratada<\/li>\n<li>Infertilidad<\/li>\n<li>Problemas articulares<\/li>\n<li>N\u00e1useas, v\u00f3mitos y diarrea<\/li>\n<li>Irritaci\u00f3n de la piel, sequedad, picor, descamaci\u00f3n o ampollas.<\/li>\n<li>Hinchaz\u00f3n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Su equipo de Southcoast Cancer Care le guiar\u00e1 en el manejo de los efectos secundarios de sus tratamientos de radiaci\u00f3n. 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