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During your radiation therapy, you will be cared for by a team
of medical professionals. Some of the people who may be on that team
are listed here.
- A radiation
oncologist is a doctor specially trained to treat cancer
patients with radiation. This doctor will make many of the decisions
regarding your treatment.
- The radiation
physicist makes sure that the radiation equipment is
working the way it should and delivers the right dose of radiation as
prescribed by your doctor.
- The dosimetrist
helps the doctor by planning and calculating the number of treatments.
The dosimetrist is supervised by the radiation physicist.
- The radiation
therapist or radiation
therapy technologist operates the radiation equipment and
positions you for treatment.
- A radiation
therapy nurse is a registered nurse with special training
in cancer treatment. He or she will be able to give you information
about your treatment and advice on how to deal with any side effects
you might have.
You also may need the services of a dietitian, a physical therapist,
a social worker, a dentist, a dental oncologist, or other health care
professionals.
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Principles.
Last Medical Review: 07/17/2009
Last Revised: 07/17/2009
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