{"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\/pt\/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=\"P\u00e3o ralado\"><ol><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cancer.southcoast.org\/pt\/\"><i class=\"fa-regular fa-house\"><\/i><span class=\"visually-hidden\">In\u00edcio<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/nav><\/div><div class=\"breadcrumbsWrapper mobile-breadcrumbs\"><p id=\"mobile-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/cancer.southcoast.org\/pt\"><i class=\"far fa-home\"><\/i><\/a><\/span> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-chevron-right separator\"><\/i> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/cancer.southcoast.org\/pt\/lung-cancer\/\">Cancro do pulm\u00e3o<\/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>No Southcoast Cancer Care, especializamo-nos em oferecer aos doentes op\u00e7\u00f5es de tratamento especializado do cancro que comprovadamente funcionam, quer seja atrav\u00e9s de terapia hormonal, quimioterapia ou radia\u00e7\u00e3o nos nossos centros em Fall River ou Fairhaven, MA. 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    <h2>Tipos de radia\u00e7\u00e3o<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"paragraphWrap\"><p>O objetivo da radioterapia varia consoante o tipo de cancro e a sua fase. Pode curar alguns cancros, especialmente nas fases iniciais. A radioterapia tamb\u00e9m pode ajudar a controlar os sintomas e os cancros que n\u00e3o podem ser curados.<\/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 FAQ da radioterapia de feixe externo\"\n                                    role=\"heading\"\n                                    aria-level=\"3\"\n                                    aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                                    aria-controls=\"beefup-1-panel\">\n                                    Radioterapia de feixe externo                                <\/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 radia\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 administrado a partir de uma m\u00e1quina exterior ao corpo do doente, enquanto este se encontra deitado numa mesa. 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O seu oncologista de radia\u00e7\u00e3o em Southcoast pode utilizar a radioterapia para:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Destruir um tumor<\/li>\n<li>Reduzir o risco de o cancro voltar a crescer ap\u00f3s outros tratamentos, como a cirurgia ou a quimioterapia<\/li>\n<li>Reduzir um tumor antes de o remover cirurgicamente<\/li>\n<li>Encolher um tumor para aliviar a dor ou outros sintomas de cancro<\/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>Efeitos secund\u00e1rios da radia\u00e7\u00e3o<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"paragraphWrap\"><p>Os potenciais efeitos secund\u00e1rios da radioterapia variam consoante o tipo e a dose de radia\u00e7\u00e3o e a \u00e1rea do corpo que necessita de tratamento.<\/p>\n<p>Os riscos gerais incluem:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dificuldade em engolir se a radia\u00e7\u00e3o estiver perto da cabe\u00e7a ou do pesco\u00e7o<\/li>\n<li>Fadiga<\/li>\n<li>Queda de cabelo perto do local do tratamento<\/li>\n<li>Infertilidade<\/li>\n<li>Problemas nas articula\u00e7\u00f5es<\/li>\n<li>N\u00e1useas, v\u00f3mitos e diarreia<\/li>\n<li>Irrita\u00e7\u00e3o da pele, secura, comich\u00e3o, descama\u00e7\u00e3o ou forma\u00e7\u00e3o de bolhas<\/li>\n<li>Incha\u00e7o<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A sua equipa do Southcoast Cancer Care ir\u00e1 orient\u00e1-lo na gest\u00e3o dos efeitos secund\u00e1rios dos seus tratamentos de radia\u00e7\u00e3o. \u00c9 importante que as instru\u00e7\u00f5es sejam seguidas cuidadosamente durante o per\u00edodo de tratamento. 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