The full name of "radiotherapy" is "radiotherapy", which is one of the methods to treat cancer. In addition to radiotherapy, there are chemotherapy and surgery, which are commonly used methods to treat cancer at present. Different treatment methods have different therapeutic effects. Radiation therapy is actually a method to kill cancer cells one by one by inhibiting them. Sometimes, chemotherapy and surgery are combined to treat the human body to help patients alleviate pain or prolong their lives.

The main difference between radiotherapy and chemotherapy is that radiotherapy actually scans and irradiates the local part of human tumor with radioactive elements. The main radioactive elements are uranium 235 and cobalt 60, which kill harmful cancer cells through radiation; Chemotherapy is what we call drug therapy. Drugs enter the human blood, and cancer cells in the human body are removed through drugs. However, these two cancer treatments have great side effects, which are harmful to various tissues and organs of the human body.

In fact, radiotherapy and chemotherapy have great side effects, but radiotherapy is more harmful to human body than chemotherapy. Radiotherapy usually produces local skin side effects, such as ulcers caused by radiotherapy, radiation esophagitis, local skin cystitis and so on. These side effects will generally recover after radiotherapy and will not cause great harm to the body. For some important organs of our body, radiotherapy will not bring them serious side effects.

In the process of radiation, the skin tissue of human body is damaged first. The skin will turn red at the beginning of radiation, and then there will be some wrinkles. After a period of time, the skin will start to dry and the skin tissue will become much darker than before. It's like sunbathing At first, it will be red, swollen and rough, and it will peel off after a while. This situation is still many. It is best to give feedback to the doctor in time to solve the skin problem.