Hospital worker Santiago Chile: Reference in recovery from injury from radiotherapy centre.
Hospital, Chile Santiago worker: reference centre in recovery of injury from radiotherapy. cancer patients receiving hyperbaric chamber oxygen therapy to heal chronic wounds of soft tissue of head, neck, chest and limbs. Spain, February 2012. February 4th is World Cancer day. About 60% of these patients are undergoing radiotherapy treatment sometime during the course of their illness. Adverse reactions include acute reactions or injuries late post radiation. The latter limit clinical radiation dose, given that are progressive and can be lethal if they are not resolved. When late radiation injuries occur, the tissues experience a progressive deterioration, marked by a decrease in the density of small blood vessels (decrease of vascularization) and the replacement of normal tissue cells with dense fibrous tissue (fibrosis), until that supplemental oxygen is not sufficient to maintain normal function. This situation is often aggravated by secondary damage, due to an infection or surgery in the affected area. This progressive and deferred radiation damage can reach a critical point that the tissue deteriorates into an ulcer or area of cell death (necrosis from radiation or radiation necrosis). Injuries can affect any organ system, although some tissues are more sensitive to the effects of radiation than others. Backward reactions are as feature occurring then a latent period of 6 months or more and the patient continues at risk for such complications for the rest of his...
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