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Planning your treatment

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First day of treatment

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Patient Information Booklets

Late Effects Service

RUH Patient Information Sheets


Please use the drop-down box below to find the leaflet you require to view:

Leaflet :

Alternatively, they are listed below

Actiform Cool Dressing

Activon

Bladder Planning for a CT Planning Scan

Completion of Radiotherapy

Contrast Reactions

Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH)

Extravasation (contrast dye leak)

Fiducial Marker Factsheet

Head & Neck Radiotherapy

Hydrocortisone Cream 1%

Malignant Spinal Cord Compression (MSCC) Radiotherapy

Prostate Radiotherapy, preparing

Pelvic Radiotherapy - Female, planning

Planning treatment, Radiotherapy

Polymem Dressing

Purilon Gel

Radiotherapy treatment with contrast, planning

Radiotherapy , After your prostate treatment

Rectal Planning for CT Planning Scan

Side effects of Radiotherapy, managing

Skin reaction, managing the side effects of Radiotherapy

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Radiotherapy Patient Information Booklets by treatment type :

(South West Radiotherapy Operational Delivery Network)

 

Benign conditions

  

Benign conditions Radiotherapy
 

Bladder cancer patients

Bladder Radiotherapy

Eating & drinking during Radiotherapy

Vaginal dilators & sexual care

Pelvic Floor Exercises (ProstateCancer UK)

 

Brain cancer patients

Brain Radiotherapy

SOR Skin Information
(The Society and College of Radiographers)
 

Breast cancer patients

Breast Radiotherapy

After Radiotherapy to the breast

SOR Skin Information
(The Society and College of Radiographers)

 

Gynaecology cancer patients

Gynaecology Radiotherapy

Eating & drinking during Radiotherapy

Vaginal dilators & sexual care

Pelvic Floor Exercises (ProstateCancer UK)

SOR Skin Information
(The Society and College of Radiographers)

 

Head & neck cancer patients

Head and Neck Cancers

Head & Neck Radiotherapy

Head & Neck

SOR Skin Information
(The Society and College of Radiographers)

Eating & drinking during Radiotherapy

 

Lower gastro intestinal (LGI) cancer patients

  

Lower gastro intestinal Radiotherapy

  

Eating & drinking during Radiotherapy

 

SOR Skin Information
(The Society and College of Radiographers)

Vaginal dilators & sexual care

  

Pelvic Floor Exercises (ProstateCancer UK)

 
   

Lung cancer patients

  

Lung Radiotherapy

  

Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR)
For non-small cell lung cancer

  

Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation (PCI)

  

SOR Skin Information
(The Society and College of Radiographers)

   

Oesophageal (stomach) cancer patients

  

Oesophagus (stomach) Radiotherapy

  

Eating & drinking during Radiotherapy

 

SOR Skin Information
(The Society and College of Radiographers)

   

Palliative cancer patients

  

Palliative Radiotherapy

  

Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR)
For non-small cell lung cancer

  

SOR Skin Information
(The Society and College of Radiographers)

 
   

Prostate cancer patients

  

Prostate Radiotherapy

  

Fiducial markers in the treatment of prostate cancer with radiotherapy

  

Eating & drinking during Radiotherapy

 

SOR Skin Information
(The Society and College of Radiographers)

 
   

Skin cancer patients

  

Skin Cancer

  
   

Thyroid cancer patients

 

Thyroid Radiotherapy

  

SOR Skin Information
(The Society and College of Radiographers)

Eating & drinking during Radiotherapy

 
   

Upper Gastrointestinal cancer patients

 

Upper gastrointestinal Radiotherapy

  

Radical radiotherapy for cancers of the upper abdomen

  

SOR Skin Information
(The Society and College of Radiographers)

 

Eating & drinking during Radiotherapy

 
   

Planning Preparation & Contrast

  

Genesis Care (Bristol)

Please note : Due to the progression of the Dyson Cancer Centre building work all outpatient treatment planning has been relocated to Genesis Care, Bristol BS32 4SY. The file above gives details on how to get there and opening hours.

  

Rectal preparation for your CT Planning Scan

 

Injection Contrast

  

Prostate Radiotherapy, preparing

  

Bladder Radiotherapy, preparing

  

Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH)

 

Planning Radiotherapy treatment

  
   

Completion of Radiotherapy

  

Completion of therapy

  
   

Skin Care Information Sheets

  

Using Polymem Dressing

 

Skin Care during Radiotherapy
(The Society and College of Radiographers)

  

Actiform Cool Dressing

 

Activon

  

Purilon Gel

 

Hydrocortisone Cream 1%

 

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