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#126 Radiation Oncology Part 1: 5 Pearls Segment

Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

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Palliative Radiation and Bleeding

Palliative radiation can shrink the tumor, help alleviate the pain, cause the bleeding to stop. Patients will usually start to feel better at one to two weeks post radiation and they'll get peak relief at a four to six week mark. Sometimes people can even have a pain flare in the first 24 to 48 hours after palliative radiation. But generally even if it does cause side effects, those side effects are really short-lived.

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