Content Overview
- Summary
- A Checklist To Consider If You Are Going To Have Radiation Therapy
- The External Beam Radiation Team
- The Setting In Which EBRT Is Given
- What Happens During A Planning Session Before Your First Radiation Treatment
- What Happens During An EBRT Treatment
- Side Effects From External Radiation: During Treatment
Rectal/Colon Cancer: Before Start of External Beam Radiation Treatment (EBRT)
The External Beam Radiation Team
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External Beam Radiation Therapy is performed by a team which includes the following people:
Radiation oncologist:
- An oncologist who specializes in radiation
- The radiation oncologist does the planning for the radiation treatment and manages you medically throughout the therapy.
- The radiation oncologist also oversees the quality of the therapy.
Radiation physicist:
- Maintains the radiation equipment and related computers.
- Is involved with setting the treatment plan.
Radiation therapy technician (technologist): The person who administers the treatment plan. The radiation therapist also brings you into the treatment room, sets you into correct position for the treatment, and turns the machine on and off.
Dosimetrist: The person who calculates the correct dose
Radiation physicist: The person who calibrates the treatment machine.
Radiation nurse: The person who schedules your appointments and answers your questions.
You: Your job is to:
- Arrive on time
- Ask questions if you have them
- Let your team know of any side effects you are having.
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