Radiotherapy
About 40 - 50% of patients with oral and oropharyngeal cancer will require radiotherapy as part of their treatment.
Radiotherapy treatment normally lasts for about six weeks. It takes place at Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology. We strongly recommend the Clatterbridge booklets and these are available in clinic, ward or from the Clinical Nurse Specialists.
You will usually be seen back in clinic two weeks after completion of your treatment. If you do not have an appointment to come back to clinic, please make one by telephoning the clinic receptionist using the number on the front of this booklet.
If you feel that you need to see a doctor here, at the clinic, during your radiotherapy treatment, again, make an appointment by telephoning the clinic receptionist or Consultant's secretary.
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How will cancer affect my life?
We have compiled over 800 individual questionnaires completed by our patients over the last 10 years to allow users to perform a customisable search to help predict what their quality of life might be like after surgery / radiotherapy. Use the link below to access this part of our site.
Patient Audio Stories
Some of our previous patients have kindly provided audio storeis. these give fantastic insights into their own personal struggle with head and neck cancer and we hope that you will find them inspiring.
