Radiotherapy
The radiotherapy department at Poole Hospital provides radiation treatment for a variety of types of conditions, including many types of cancer.
About four out of ten people with cancer have radiotherapy treatment.
The department has four multi-energy linear accelerators radiation treatment units (often referred to as LINACs) which are used to treat a variety of tumours including breast, prostate, bladder and head and neck.
The radiotherapy department consists of the pre-planning department, who construct the immobilisation shells for patients undergoing treatment and beam definition devices for defining radiation beams; the clinical planning department, who plan patients' treatments using CT scanning and x-ray simulation facilities; and the physics planning department, who calculate the treatment plans ready for treatment.
VIDEO: Find out more about our radiotherapy department by watching a short video here.
Radiotherapy helpline: 0300 019 2481
