Radiation Therapy: What You Need to Know About Your Appointments
This pamphlet should answer most questions you may have about your radiation therapy appointments and help you plan for your treatments.
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Receiving Your Pamidronate By An Intermate® Infusion Pump
An Intermate® Infusion Pump is a lightweight disposable pump that may be used to give you medications at home. This pamphlet describes how the pump works, how to carry the pump, and how to use it at home.
Scheduling with Noona® has arrived!
This pamphlet provides information about scheduling with Noona®.
Self-Administration of Select Subcutaneous Chemotherapy Drugs
You have been prescribed a drug for your cancer that can be given at home using a needle. Your cancer care team will give you the supplies needed to do this safely. This pamphlet explains how to give yourself the drug, including what to do before you start, how to get ready for the injection, choosing and preparing the injection site, and injecting the dose.
Sentinel Node Mapping: South Shore Regional Hospital
Sentinel lymph node mapping is a procedure that uses radioactive material (tracers and sometimes blue dye) to map (find) the lymph nodes that drain the area of your cancer. The pamphlet explains what sentinel nodes are, and what will happen before, during, and after the procedure.
Skin Care During Radiation Therapy
The most common side effect from radiation therapy treatment is a skin reaction. This pamphlet explains what a skin reaction is, how long you will have a skin reaction, what you can do to help, and what you should avoid.
Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR) Information for Prostate Cancer Patients
This pamphlet explains how stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) for prostate cancer works, how to get ready for your treatment, what will happen during your treatment sessions, and what to expect after your treatments are finished.
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
This pamphlet describes Stereotactic Body radiation therapy: how to prepare for treatment, what will happen during treatment, and what will happen after treatment.
Stereotactic Radiation Therapy to the Brain
Stereotactic radiation therapy allows high dose radiation beams to be focused on a small area. This pamphlet explains what to expect from this treatment.