How Radiotherapy Works!

An overview on the basics of radiotherapy and how it treats cancer.

[simonticehurst]

Fabulous explanation of this disease which my amazing wife has, now thanks to you I understand a lot better, she is due to start her radiotherapy session tomorrow, so begins the journey to her recovery, thank you from my heart, I am grateful I found you, much love and blessings

[rebeccacomeau]

Canadian Medical Student Intern (Y3) just starting surgical and perioperative rotation. My pre-clinical knowledge of oncology is not that great and this video was awesome! Relevant, easy to understand (what fabulous and clearly addressed objectives!), and bite-sized. What more could I ask for? Thank you for making this video.

[HexerPsy]

As a radio technologist, I want to say this video is very well done and its level of information is extremely accute.

My job means I work under the radiotherapist, who decides the dose for the patient and is responsible for that part of the treatment.
They give us techies the assignment to make the relevent scans and prep the patient for treatment. Part of that is using a CT scan to plan the treatment: complex software simulate the treatment and finds the optimal angles and dose, and field shapes, depending on my input. While its easy to make a plan that doesnt go over dangerous limits for the patient - it is our challenge to reduce dose to the healthy tissue, and still get the biggest possible hit on the tumor.
Finally when all prep is done, the patient comes for the daily treatments (fractions) - and we position the patient as accurately to have the same posture as they had during the scans (because that posture was the basis of our plan, and the plan is only valid in that posture).

So, for the underlying mechanism, it was a very good explanation.

[GregSr]

This really helped. I'm currently receiving radiation (3rd week) for prostate cancer. I now have a better understanding of how & why the radiation works.

[iBigEbALLs]

Learning as a patient with a interest in the mechanics of my latest treatment exerience/s.. Brief, informative and easy to understand for me. Thanks

[dr.noraelwy]

Great thank you. Please more videos in radiotherapy

[Riverdeepnwide]

Excellent help to understand the treatments thank you!

[paris-anningledew]

We are happy this video is helpful. Best to you in your journey.

[kisslena]

Thank you. A very informative video for students and patients.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[timmiller]

Very clear and helpful explanation - thank you!

[sharminakter]

Thank you…..make more videos …u r really inspiring me to learn

[MajCyric]

I'm in my 5th week of treatment.. I'm getting both Radiation Therapy and Chemo..

[briangriffith]

Thank you so much for that explanation it was excellent

[mattcool]

This is a great video, thanks for creating it! I would just suggest if you make any more videos to invest in a quality microphone to get a bit better sound quality. The sound is lacking mid & low frequencies.

[katherinblecker]

In the video (2.14) it says Linacs produce photons which are ‘released and targeted to the patient’. I thought it was xrays that were released. Aren’t photons light particles? Can anyone clarify please?

[jeanounou]

It makes sense, the way she explains it. However, the question I can't help asking myself is, how in the whole world did they discover all this???

[dilandavis]

Thank you very much for such a great explanation.

[steve]

Thanks for the vid, very clear explanation, well done

[lisaharmon]

I've been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor (fortunately benign). Thank you.

[tihammaxwell]

I am here to after learning about the photoelectric effect in chemistry.