Welcome to the home page for the threshold database. This database was designed based on the work of Don Chamberlayne and was adapted for Microsoft Access by the IACA. You can download this article which explains the concept of threshold analysis. The Threshold Database is currently available for Microsoft Access 2000-2003.
Most patients can continue many of their normal activities during radiation therapy. Each radiation therapy treatment takes about 10 minutes. Radiation therapy to try and cure cancer is usually delivered daily, Monday through Friday, for about five to eight weeks. Weekend breaks allow normal cells to recover. Shorter durations of radiation therapy may be used to relieve symptoms.
Apparently I will have to wait three weeks after this round of chemo to start radiation and another three weeks after radiation to start chemo and then we got the holidays so who knows how that will disrupt things.o I was glad to have three weeks to recover after the radiation before starting chemo again. Others have had accumulating side effects from the 6 continuous chemo treatments. So the nurses may be correct about the decreased side effects by taking a radiation break.