After surgery, blood or fluids to help a patient recover can be given through IVs. A detailed plan that doctors follow when treating cancer patients. This treatment can come from a machine or from materials put in or near the cancer. Radiation therapy does not make the patient radioactive. The most common side effects are hair loss, being tired, and having nausea, vomiting, and mouth sores.
Cancer surgery is done to remove cancerous tissue from the body.
Tubes that carry blood back to the heart from all parts of the body. In cancer surgery, all or part of the tumor may be cut out. Sometimes healthy tissue around the tumor also is taken out. When people have surgery, they often have to stay in the hospital until they are strong enough to come home. When they do come home, they may still be weak from the surgery.