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Ask a Radiation Oncologist: Answers to Common Questions about Radiation Therapy Safety

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. Learn more about radiation therapy at https://rtanswers.org/ 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