• Does radiation make you less hungry?

I am a 50 year old female and I will have radiation therapy. Does radiation make you less hungry?

3 Answers

  • Radiation Oncologist
  • Kissimmee, FL

It can decrease appetite, especially if the patient receives treatment to the stomach or abdomen.

  • Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
  • Joliet, IL

Radiation for breast cancer typically does not reduce the appetite. But if the radiation is aimed at the abdomen, throat, brain or esophagus - patients often lose their appetites.

  • Oncologist
  • Norfolk, Virginia

No, radiation does not generally make you less hungry.


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