{"id":1826,"date":"2024-02-01T14:57:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T12:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/?post_type=condition_faq&#038;p=1826"},"modified":"2024-05-03T15:13:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:13:20","slug":"which-are-the-disadvantages-of-radiotherapy","status":"publish","type":"condition_faq","link":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/condition_faq\/which-are-the-disadvantages-of-radiotherapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Which are the disadvantages of radiotherapy?"},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","faq-category":[83,59],"service_type":[],"class_list":["post-1826","condition_faq","type-condition_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq-category-prostate-cancer","faq-category-urology-faq"],"meta_box":{"faq_title_t3lmo":"Which are the disadvantages of radiotherapy?","faq_description_70nds":"","faq_textarea_60nds":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your bladder may need to be full, and your bowel may need to be empty during each treatment session. You may be given medicine to help empty your bowel each day and it could take a while to work. Some men may find this process difficult and inconvenient.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You may need to have concomitant hormonal therapy with all its side effects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Radiotherapy can cause side effects such as bowel, urinary and erection problems, as well as tiredness and fatigue.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is an increase in the risk of getting other cancers after radiotherapy.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It may be some time before you know whether the treatment has worked.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have radiotherapy as your first treatment and your cancer comes back or spreads, it might not be possible to have surgery afterwards and the operation itself will carry significantly more risks than if you had it in the first place. This is because the radiotherapy may have damaged the prostate and surrounding tissues, making it harder to remove the prostate.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/condition_faq\/1826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/condition_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/condition_faq"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-category?post=1826"},{"taxonomy":"service_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_type?post=1826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}