• Does radiation lower your immune system?

I am a 39 year old male. I want to know if radiation lowers your immune system?

3 Answers

  • Radiation Oncologist
  • Kissimmee, FL

It can

  • Radiologist
  • Lafayette, IN

Radiation therapy is very well controlled, so that it is rare for patients to become immune compromised.

  • Hematologist-Oncologist
  • Tucson, AZ

Yes, radiation may lower your immunity but the benefits of radiation much outweigh the side effects.

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