Q.

• Why do I need radiation?
• What is Radiation?
• What is a Radiation field?
• How do they NOT radiate the wrong areas?
• Wait, I’m going to get a tattoo?
• What if I have HL near my genitals?
• A typical visit
• Short term side effects

A.

Why do I need radiation?

  Radiation is like the icing on the cake when it comes to obliterating Hodgkin’s disease. It targets and destroys the evident Hodgkin lymphoma cell masses.