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Do you lose weight during radiation treatment?

My teenage daughter is undergoing pediatric radiation. I want to know if you lose weight during radiation treatment?

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Depending on how extensive and where on the body is the radiation, some patients do not feel like eating and therefore lose weight. Pay attention to her weight during radiation, and let her doctors know if there is concern for weight loss.
Some people do but not everyone. You need to work to eat to keep your weight stable. If you lose weight you will gain it back after radiation therapy.