E200: Jo McNamara and Naman Julka-Anderson - Radiotherapy Side Effects

Trigger Warning: this episode discusses cancer, cancer treatment and side effects of cancer treatment.

Episode 200: Part of the Living With and Beyond Cancer Series (Part 68)

Description: In this powerful episode, Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara talk about radiotherapy side effects, why they happen and tumour site specific 

CPD Reflection Points:

1. Reflect on your own clinical practice around explaining side effects of treatment to your patients.
2. Read the prehabilitation for people living with cancer clinical and implementation guidelines and consider how you could introduce prehabiliation for your patients.

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Links from the Episode:

• Royal College of Radiologists National Radiotherapy Consent Forms
• SECLA Physical Activity Resources
• Freedom of Interest Request NHS
• PRosPer module
• Social prescribing

Research links from the Episode:

• Multimodal prehabilitation service for patients with colorectal cancer: the challenges of implementation
• A randomized phase III trial of the impact of a structured exercise program on disease-free survival(DFS) in stage 3 or high-risk stage 2 colon cancer: Canadian Cancer Trials Group(CCTG) CO.21(CHALLENGE)

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