Long term complications from radiation therapy include the development of a second cancer. An example of a second cancer is ____ cancer
a. bone c. prostate
b. lung d. brain
B
Long-term complications from radiation therapy include hypothyroidism, radiation pneumonitis (inflammation of the lungs caused by radiation therapy), immune system impairment, herpes zoster, and the development of a second cancer. There is an increased risk of clients to develop cancer in organs that are in the radiation field (area of the body that received radiation). Examples of this type of cancer, called second cancer, are lung, breast, and stomach cancer. Second cancer can occur 10 or more years after radiation therapy.
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