Hello again. Has anyone (other than EddieL) had their radiotherapy at Sheffield Weston Park?
My OH is about 11 days into his Bicalutamide HT and in fine with everything.
i am concerned though that we’re not in the right postcode for the top cancer hospitals and there’s no practical way that we could request and attend treatment for a month in London or Manchester if offered so Weston Park it will be.
I know that Weston Park got a new machine recently but will he be treated with that or old technology. We want the best available!
fiducial markers implanted (three tiny gold seeds about the size of grains of rice) to help target the RT. Are we entitled to these on request?
does anyone know whether Weston Park use MR-Guided SBRT (MRgSBRT/SMART). I.e. Uses an MRI-Linac (like Elekta Unity or ViewRay MRIdian) to get high-quality MRI images during treatment. If the tumor moves outside the planned treatment area, the radiation beam can automatically pause, ensuring precision and minimizing damage to nearby organs
what about a Spacer gel to reduce damage to healthy tissue?
My OH hasn’t been offered a choice of treatment but we think the hormone therapy and radiotherapy is the right way to go for us. We just don’t want the best treatment and outcome (don’t we all!) but having git through life without any illness or medication until about 3 months ago we are not familiar with even the GP let alone Urologists, Oncologists (not expecting to see one for around 6 weeks), drugs, radiotherapy etc. I know we’ve been lucky.
I have a name of the Consultant Clinical Oncologist that OH’s. Even referred to but can’t find much about her. I don’t know if it’s allowed or appropriate to put her name on here.
Anyway, can anyone help please.
Thanks for reading,
