VIDEO: Therapeutic radiographer Liz answers your treatment questions
Therapeutic Radiographer Liz tackles common questions about external beam radiotherapy (EBRT).
What will happen before treatment? During? What support can you get? Find the answers and more in the video below.
About Therapeutic Radiographers
Therapeutic radiographers are the only healthcare professionals specifically trained to scan, plan and deliver your radiotherapy treatments. They also provide supportive care for people having radiotherapy.
They have in-depth training in radiotherapy treatment and its effect on your body. With your clinical oncologists, dosimetrists and medical physics team they deliver your personalised radiotherapy treatment plan. Therapeutic radiographers operate the equipment needed to check, assess and deliver radiotherapy treatment accurately and safely. They carry out safety checks on the equipment each day.
Therapeutic radiographers will see and assess you each day of your treatment. This is to make sure you are well enough to continue. You will often be treated by the same small team throughout. They should welcome any questions or concerns you may have.
Therapeutic radiographers often do further study to specialise in different areas. They can then become consultant radiographers. They can review patients in clinics, prescribe approved drugs and plan prescribed treatments. Therapeutic radiographers can also be present in primary care settings, like your GP surgery, where they can help you with longer term and late side effects as a result of cancer treatment. They also work in research and clinical trials, developing treatments of the future.
When you have treatment, you may be asked if student therapeutic radiographers can watch and assist. This is an important part of their training and they will be fully supervised.
Further information
Learn more information about side effects here
Learn more information about late effects here
