{"id":509,"date":"2020-11-09T18:31:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T18:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/?p=509"},"modified":"2020-12-05T16:48:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T16:48:55","slug":"radiotherapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-information\/radiotherapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Radiotherapy."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Just hold on, because that’s only really half true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m not sure how many radiotherapy machines they have at The Royal Marsden<\/a>. It\u2019s a lot though! Between the two sites, they will almost certainly operate the largest radiotherapy facility in the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s a really well oiled machine too. An absolutely incredible, gold standard example of everything good about the NHS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The big and light reception area in Sutton is filled with art and staffed by people with beaming smiles. Everyone makes a big effort to get to know you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite seeing these wonderful people 5 days a week for 6 weeks, radiotherapy was the least favourite part of my treatment. It\u2019s not the treatment itself, that\u2019s really easy. The radiotherapists were incredible too, and made you feel like you were the only patient in the world. It\u2019s the aftermath of radiotherapy. But more on that later!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alongside the chemo, the radiotherapy machines blast all the skin that cancer has been near. The objective is to kill off any remaining cancer cells, and it\u2019s clear that radiotherapy is a really effective treatment for all kinds of cancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My whole case was transferred over to a consultant clinical oncologist at the Royal Marsden to plan the chemo-radiation treatment. I’m incredibly fortunate to have people at the very peak of cancer research looking after me. I have always felt at complete ease around all of my doctors, they’re a real credit to our health system.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPlanning.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n