The latest Ask a Radiation Oncologist session focuses on patient safety and the ways the treatment team ensures that a patient’s radiation therapy treatment process is safe. This Q&A session features radiation oncologists Sue Evans & John Phillips, medical physicist Julianne Pollard-Larkin, and radiation therapist Jovanda Julian who answer common patient questions about all that is involved to keep patients safe.
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0:00 Introduction
1:21 What is radiation therapy and how is it used to treat my cancer?
3:55 Who is involved in planning my radiation treatment?
6:36 What is a radiation oncologist and what do they do?
9:18 What is a physicist and what do they do?
12:16 What is a radiation therapist and what do they do?
14:00 How safe is the machine used to treat me?
16:10 How do you decide my treatment schedule and how often do I have to come in?
19:15 Who reviews my treatment plan and how often do they review it?
22:47 What procedures are in place so that the treatment team can treat me safely?
26:15 What can I as a patient do or say to make sure my treatments are safe & accurate?
32:27 Conclusion & Additional Resources
