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Radiotherapy (or radiation therapy or, more recently called, Radiation Oncology) is a medical specialty providing cancer patients radiation therapy. However, there are some non-malignant disorders that radiation oncology also plays a valuable role in successfully treating too.
Radiation oncology is most certainly dependent on high priced, complex technology equipment. But it has a working lifetime of ten years and the linear accelerators can treat thousands of patients during their life-time. The current Australian population is approximately 26 million. Radiation oncology treats approximately 90,000 cancer patients per year. Considering all modes of cancer treatment, the megavoltage X-ray linear accelerator, used for the radiation therapy of cancer patients, is actually a relatively cheap healthcare service. No other form of cancer treatment could economically treat that many cases annually.
The First Radiation Treatment
When the doctor first informs the patient that he/she has cancer, that’s a tremendous shock. Arriving for the first megavoltage radiation treatment is a difficult time to cope too.
The following travelogue and videos provide a brief description of the patient’s journey with staff assisting the patient during the steps through their treatment.
Treatment Travelogue
For a step-by-step patient experience when receiving megavoltage X-ray radiation therapy, click on the treatment pathway below:
Radiation Therapy Videos
There are quite a few website video productions that describe the procedure for patients receiving external beam using megavoltage radiation therapy.
With permission of the video owners, betterhealthcaretechnology.org have chosen two Australian productions.
Targeting Cancer – The Video Experience
The RANZCR, Tripartite Committee, produced a wonderful video version of the patient’s treatment pathway.
Targeting Cancer https://www.targetingcancer.com.au
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