{"id":17734,"date":"2025-07-08T11:16:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/services\/cancer-care\/radiation-therapy-technology\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T11:16:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:16:57","slug":"radiation-therapy-technology","status":"publish","type":"services","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/cancer-care\/radiation-therapy-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Radioterapia (ou Tecnologia)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-radiation-therapy-treatment-at-southcoast-health\">Tratamento de radioterapia na Southcoast Health<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>No Southcoast Cancer Center, especializamo-nos em oferecer aos doentes op\u00e7\u00f5es de tratamento especializadas do cancro que comprovadamente funcionam, quer seja atrav\u00e9s de terapia hormonal, <a href=\"http:\/\/live-southcoast-health.pantheonsite.io\/services\/cancer-care\/chemotherapy-drug-therapy\/\">quimioterapia<\/a> ou <a href=\"http:\/\/live-southcoast-health.pantheonsite.io\/services\/cancer-care\/radiation-therapy-technology\/\">radia\u00e7\u00e3o<\/a> nos nossos centros em Fall River ou Fairhaven, MA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A radioterapia \u00e9 uma op\u00e7\u00e3o de tratamento comum para <a href=\"http:\/\/live-southcoast-health.pantheonsite.io\/services\/cancer-care\/\">cancro<\/a> que utiliza radia\u00e7\u00e3o ionizante para matar as c\u00e9lulas cancer\u00edgenas e reduzir os tumores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No Southcoast Cancer Center, os seus cuidados ser\u00e3o geridos por uma equipa experiente de m\u00e9dicos oncologistas certificados, enfermeiros com conhecimentos especializados em radioterapia e pessoal de apoio para tornar a sua viagem o mais tranquila poss\u00edvel. Para al\u00e9m dos prestadores de cuidados diretos, tamb\u00e9m ter\u00e1 acesso aos nossos assistentes sociais, conselheiro financeiro e navegadores para o ajudar em cada passo do caminho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/900897136?h=9abde11775&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Introdu\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0s radia\u00e7\u00f5es\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">espanhol<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/957304532?h=f42d90835f&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Uma Introdu\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 Radioterapia\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Portugu\u00eas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/957304761?h=e2032e17ff&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Uma Introdu\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 Radioterapia\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-types-of-radiation\">Tipos de radia\u00e7\u00e3o<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Existem tr\u00eas tipos gerais de radioterapia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Radioterapia de feixe externo<\/strong> fornece radia\u00e7\u00e3o a partir de uma m\u00e1quina exterior ao corpo do doente, enquanto este se encontra deitado numa mesa. Um oncologista ou t\u00e9cnico de radia\u00e7\u00e3o dirige o feixe de radia\u00e7\u00e3o precisamente para o tumor ou cancro.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/live-southcoast-health.pantheonsite.io\/services\/neurology-stroke-neurosciences\/stereotactic-radiosurgery\/\">Radiocirurgia estereot\u00e1xica<\/a> e radioterapia estereot\u00e1xica corporal<\/strong> s\u00e3o tipos especializados de radioterapia de feixe externo que utilizam doses elevadas de radia\u00e7\u00e3o numa ou em poucas frac\u00e7\u00f5es.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>O nosso equipamento avan\u00e7ado permite-nos tratar m\u00faltiplas met\u00e1stases cerebrais de forma r\u00e1pida e eficaz.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Radioterapia corporal estereot\u00e1xica<\/strong>A radiocirurgia estereot\u00e1xica, tal como a radiocirurgia estereot\u00e1xica, tem um dos n\u00edveis de precis\u00e3o mais elevados da radioterapia e \u00e9 utilizada para tratar com seguran\u00e7a determinados doentes dos pulm\u00f5es, do f\u00edgado, da coluna vertebral e da pr\u00f3stata com menos frac\u00e7\u00f5es do que seria normal com o tratamento de radia\u00e7\u00e3o convencional.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alguns cancros da mama do lado esquerdo s\u00e3o tratados com uma <strong>inspira\u00e7\u00e3o profunda<\/strong>. Esta t\u00e9cnica utiliza a gest\u00e3o da respira\u00e7\u00e3o do pr\u00f3prio doente para ajudar a proteger o seu cora\u00e7\u00e3o durante o tratamento.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Radioterapia interna ou braquiterapia<\/strong> envolve a coloca\u00e7\u00e3o de material radioativo no interior de um tumor ou mesmo junto ao tumor ou cancro, para fornecer uma dose de radia\u00e7\u00e3o de alta intensidade e precisamente direcionada para o local onde \u00e9 necess\u00e1ria. Certos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/cancer-care\/breast-cancer\/\">cancro da mama<\/a> os doentes podem receber o seu tratamento de radioterapia no prazo de tr\u00eas dias.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Para al\u00e9m do cancro da mama, tamb\u00e9m oferecemos radioterapia interna para determinados cancros ginecol\u00f3gicos e para o cancro da pele.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Produtos radiofarmac\u00eauticos<\/strong> s\u00e3o medicamentos radioactivos. S\u00e3o administrados por via intravenosa, sob a forma de comprimidos ou s\u00e3o colocados numa cavidade corporal. Por exemplo, um oncologista de radia\u00e7\u00f5es utiliza iodo radioativo para tratar <a href=\"http:\/\/live-southcoast-health.pantheonsite.io\/services\/cancer-care\/thyroid-cancer\/\">cancro da tiroide<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>O objetivo da radioterapia varia consoante o tipo de cancro e a sua fase. Pode curar alguns cancros, especialmente nas fases iniciais. A radioterapia tamb\u00e9m pode ajudar a controlar os sintomas e os cancros que n\u00e3o podem ser curados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-your-doctor-may-prescribe-radiation-therapy\">Porque \u00e9 que o seu m\u00e9dico pode prescrever radioterapia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A radioterapia trata muitos tipos de cancro. O seu oncologista de radia\u00e7\u00e3o em Southcoast pode utilizar a radioterapia para:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Destruir um tumor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduzir o risco de o cancro voltar a crescer ap\u00f3s outros tratamentos, como a cirurgia ou <a href=\"http:\/\/live-southcoast-health.pantheonsite.io\/services\/cancer-care\/chemotherapy-drug-therapy\/\">quimioterapia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduzir um tumor antes de o remover cirurgicamente<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encolher um tumor para aliviar a dor ou outros sintomas de cancro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-side-effects-of-radiation\">Efeitos secund\u00e1rios da radia\u00e7\u00e3o<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Os potenciais efeitos secund\u00e1rios da radioterapia variam consoante o tipo e a dose de radia\u00e7\u00e3o e a \u00e1rea do corpo que necessita de tratamento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Os riscos gerais incluem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dificuldade em engolir se a radia\u00e7\u00e3o estiver perto da cabe\u00e7a ou do pesco\u00e7o<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fadiga<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Queda de cabelo perto do local do tratamento<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Infertilidade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Problemas nas articula\u00e7\u00f5es<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>N\u00e1useas, v\u00f3mitos e diarreia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Irrita\u00e7\u00e3o da pele, secura, comich\u00e3o, descama\u00e7\u00e3o ou forma\u00e7\u00e3o de bolhas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Incha\u00e7o<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A sua equipa no Southcoast Cancer Center <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>pode gui\u00e1-lo na gest\u00e3o dos efeitos secund\u00e1rios dos seus tratamentos de radia\u00e7\u00e3o. \u00c9 importante que as instru\u00e7\u00f5es sejam seguidas cuidadosamente durante o per\u00edodo de tratamento. Os seus m\u00e9dicos e enfermeiros est\u00e3o sempre dispon\u00edveis para responder a quaisquer perguntas ou preocupa\u00e7\u00f5es que possa ter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recovery-amp-what-to-expect\">Recupera\u00e7\u00e3o e o que esperar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c9 frequente as pessoas sentirem-se bem logo ap\u00f3s um tratamento de radioterapia. Os efeitos secund\u00e1rios podem surgir ap\u00f3s alguns tratamentos. A fadiga \u00e9 frequente, pelo que deve ter o cuidado de descansar o suficiente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pergunte ao seu m\u00e9dico e aos enfermeiros sobre as precau\u00e7\u00f5es a tomar com a radioterapia. Com a terapia interna e os radiof\u00e1rmacos, ter\u00e1 de tomar medidas para proteger as outras pessoas \u00e0 sua volta. A terapia externa n\u00e3o o torna radioativo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/live-southcoast-health.pantheonsite.io\/doctors\/?specialties=cancer-care&amp;search=\">Encontrar um oncologista<\/a> nas proximidades do <a href=\"http:\/\/live-southcoast-health.pantheonsite.io\/locations\/cancer-centers\/\">Centro de Cancro de Southcoast<\/a> para marcar uma consulta e discutir as suas op\u00e7\u00f5es de tratamento do cancro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Southcoast Health oferece uma especialidade em cuidados e tratamentos contra o cancro, incluindo radioterapia, para pacientes em <a href=\"http:\/\/live-southcoast-health.pantheonsite.io\/locations\/southcoast-centers-cancer-care-fall-river\/\">Fall River<\/a> e <a href=\"http:\/\/live-southcoast-health.pantheonsite.io\/locations\/cancer-center-206-mill-road\/\">Fairhaven<\/a>, MA.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radiation Therapy Treatment at Southcoast Health At Southcoast Cancer Center, we specialize in offering 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