Side effects of radiotherapy treatment

Description

The side effects and responses that patients can have after undergoing radiotherapy treatments.

Alternative labels

adverse effect of radiotherapy treatment
side effects of radiotherapy remedy
unwanted effects of radiotherapy treatment
side effects and responses of radiotherapy treatments
side effects after undergoing radiotherapy treatment
unwanted effect of radiotherapy treatment
adverse effects of radiotherapy treatment
side effect of radiotherapy remedy

Skill type

knowledge

Skill reusability level

occupation-specific

Relationships with occupations

Essential knowledge

Side effects of radiotherapy treatment is an essential knowledge of the following occupations:

Therapeutic radiographer: Therapeutic radiographers prepare and perform safe and accurate high-energy radiation treatments to patients, using a wide range of sophisticated equipment and techniques, to target the area to be treated, and computer planning to produce a plan of the dose distribution across the area to be treated.

Optional knowledge

Side effects of radiotherapy treatment is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this knowledge may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

 


 

References

  1. Side effects of radiotherapy treatment – ESCO

 

Last updated on September 20, 2022

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