Radiation Therapy
Guide for New Patients
A message from Dr Margot Lehman:
On behalf of our health care team I would like to welcome you to the Radiation Oncology Department at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, (Ipswich Rd Campus), one of Queensland’s most acclaimed public cancer treatment facilities.
In partnership with our hospital campus colleagues we provide highly integrated and specialised multidisciplinary care to manage a variety of common cancers, rare malignancies and benign conditions.
The information presented in this guide has been prepared by our oncology team to help explain what radiation therapy involves and to familiarise you with the personnel working in our department.
When you have treatment at our centre you can expect true holistic medical care in a comfortable & friendly environment.
Your well-being is our priority.
Professor Margot Lehman
Director of Radiation Oncology
Princess Alexandra Hospital
(Ipswich Road Campus)
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- Specialist Doctors
- Radiation Therapists
- Oncology Nurses
- Medical Physicists
- Allied Health Support
- Administration
- Arriving for planning session
- Setting your treatment position
- Scanning the area to be treated
- Recording your treatment area
- After your radiation planning
- Your treatment plan
- Quality assurance
- Arriving for your treatment
- Preparation and Set-up
- Administering radiation
- After your first treatment
- The Linear Accelerator
(radiation treatment machine)
- Radiation Oncology Dept contacts
- Hospital location map