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Speed of Light - The ASTRO Foundation, is a nonprofit foundation working to heighten the critical role of radiation therapy through research and education.
Receiving a cancer diagnosis can be scary and overwhelming. The following videos, available in both English and Spanish, show patients what to expect during their journey.
This 11 ½-minute video shows you what to expect if you and your doctor choose to treat your upper GI cancer, including cancers of the esophagus, stomach, liver and pancreas, with radiation therapy. You will learn about how radiation therapy is used to treat upper GI cancers and what the pretreatment planning and treatment process looks like. This video gives you the opportunity to see what the equipment looks like, to be introduced to the members of the health care team treating you, hear from patients and learn about side effects.
Este vídeo de once minutos y medio le muestra lo que puede esperar si usted y su médico deciden tratar su cáncer del tracto gastrointestinal superior, incluidos los cánceres de esófago, estómago, hígado y páncreas, con radioterapia. Aprenderá cómo se utiliza la radioterapia para tratar los cánceres del tracto gastrointestinal superior y cómo es el proceso de planificación y tratamiento previo. Este vídeo le ofrece la oportunidad de ver cómo es el equipo, de conocer a los miembros del equipo sanitario que le está tratando, de escuchar a los pacientes y de conocer los efectos secundarios.