Understanding radiotherapy
Audiobook
Published:
01 Aug 2022
Next review:
01 Aug 2025
Edition:
13
This audiobook is about radiotherapy. It is for anyone who is having radiotherapy or has been offered it as part of their cancer treatment.
In this audiobook
- 1 Information about this audiobook and other support from Macmillan
- 2 Introduction
- 3 What is cancer and what is radiotherapy
- 4 Before your treatment and meeting your radiotherapy team
- 5 Planning your treatment and questions you may wish to ask about your radiotherapy
- 6 External radiotherapy
- 7 Internal radiotherapy
- 8 Side effects of radiotherapy
- 9 Life after radiotherapy
- 10 About our information
- 11 Other ways we can help you
- 12 Other organisations
- 13 Further resources
- 14 Can you do something to help
- 15 Information about this recording
Published:
01 Aug 2022
Next review:
01 Aug 2025
Edition:
13
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How we can help
Macmillan Support Line
The Macmillan Support Line is a free and confidential phone service for people living and affected by cancer. If you need to talk, we'll listen.
Financial guidance
Financial issues can cause worry when someone becomes ill. You may be able to claim benefits to help you in your situation. You may also be able to get financial assistance from other organisations.
Welfare rights advice and tools
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