The Radiotherapy Department
Radiotherapy Helpline 01202 442481
The
Radiotherapy Department provides external beam radiation treatment of patients
with a variety of malignant diseases.
The Radiotherapy department consists of:
The pre-planning department who provide the construction of immobilisation shells for patients undergoing treatment and beam definition devices for defining radiation beams.
The Clinical Planning department who plans the patients' treatments using CT scanning and x-ray simulation facilities and the Physics Planning department who calculate the treatment plans ready for treatment.
There are four multi energy Linear Accelerators radiation treatment units treating a variety of tumours including breast, prostate, bladder and head and neck.
The department also has a low dose rate brachytherapy treatment unit sited on Tyneham ward providing treatment of gynaecological malignancies.