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Does Radiation Treatment Cure The Headaches Caused After Cancer Surgery?
Should my 86 year old father take radiation treatments if he does not have cancer? He has had PET scans MRIs and there is no cancer in his head. He had a surgery to remove cancer from under his tongue almost a year ago. Immediately after surgery he began to have bad headaches on the same side the cancer was removed from. Now the doctor who did the surgery is saying the only way to treat his headaches is to have radiation. Is it possible that some sort of trauma from surgery is the cause of the headaches?
Mon, 24 Nov 2014
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Since he is having headache I would advise him to do ct scan of brain.
If tumour has spread to his brain then radiation has to be given otherwise he can take paracetamol tablets twice daily.
Regards
Dr de
Since he is having headache I would advise him to do ct scan of brain.
If tumour has spread to his brain then radiation has to be given otherwise he can take paracetamol tablets twice daily.
Regards
Dr de
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