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1. I am unsure whether to have iodine treatment for thyroid cancer. Will it affect my fertility?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

2. I am being treated for lymphatic leukaemia with the UKALL XII regime. I am having radiotherapy to my head. I know that after chemo my hair will grow back but friend has said that having radiotherapy means I will permanently lose my hair. Nobody has told me this. Is it true?

last reviewed: 21.08.2007

3. My daughter is pregnant and has been found to have a cervical cancer. We do not know yet what treatment her doctors will recommend but we wondered if it will mean she cannot become pregnant again?

last reviewed: 29.05.2006

4. Can you tell me the effect on the heart of 'mantle' radiotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma? I have a family history of heart disease?

last reviewed: 01.08.2004

5. I am concerned about the possible long term side effects of radiotherapy on my heart. I am having treatment for a left sided breast cancer.

last reviewed: 14.04.2004

6. My sister has had surgery to remove a thyroid cancer. They are now talking about giving her radioiodine treatment. She is only 25. Will she still be able to have children after this treatment?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

7. I have been told I should have radiotherapy as a precaution after the cancer has been removed by surgery. A friend has said they have read that radiation can cause cancer and leukaemia. Is this true?

last reviewed: 01.04.2005

8. My wife is having pelvic radiotherapy for carcinoma of the uterus. She has a lot of sickness and pain. What can I do to help? Have you got any tips?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

9. I have prostate cancer and am about to start taking hormone tablets called Casodex®. I have been told that this can cause men to grow breasts. Is there anything I can do to prevent this?

last reviewed: 08.06.2007

10. I had radiotherapy two months ago following a mastectomy for breast cancer. I have now become breathless and my doctors say I have radiation pneumonitis. What does this mean?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

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