In this way, drugs reach the cancer directly. This treatment is given in the hospital. Like surgery, radiation therapy is local therapy , it affects cancer cells only in the treated area. For external radiation therapy, the patient goes to the hospital or clinic each day. Usually, the treatments are given 5 days a week for about 5 weeks.
Some women receive a type of internal radiation called intraperitoneal irradiation.
Radioactive liquid is put into the abdomen through a catheter. A short hospital stay may be necessary for this treatment.