The ACUTE SIDE EFFECTS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT RADIOTHERAPY IN BALI, INDONESIA
Vania Sukarno,
Ngakan Putu Daksa Ganapati,
Fanny Deantri
Abstract:Latar Belakang: Radioterapi merupakan modalitas terapi kanker kepala dan leher yang membunuh sel kanker dengan gelombang radiasi. Selain merusak sel kanker, radioterapi juga merusak sel tubuh yang sehat di sekitar jaringan target. Kerusakan sel-sel tubuh yang sehat menyebabkan efek samping toksisitas dari radioterapi. Efek samping radioterapi menyebabkan penurunan kualitas hidup pada pasien yang menjalani radioterapi. Seiring kemajuan teknologi, ada banyak jenis alat teleterapi yang dikembangkan.
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