Where this radiotherapy information comes from

This page tells you about the major sources of information that we use to put together this section of CancerHelp UK

All our information is checked by cancer specialists. The names of our specialist reviewers are at the end of this list. We also try to find patients to review all our sections. If you have had radiotherapy, live in the UK, and would like to become a patient reviewer, you can write to us by clicking on the 'contact us' button on the right hand side of this page.

UK guidelines

The timely delivery of radical radiotherapy: standards and guidelines for the management of unscheduled treatment interruptions, 3rd edition. Royal College of Radiologists, 2008.
Link to the guidelines.

Radiotherapy Dose-Fractionation. Royal College of Radiologists, 2006.
Link to the guidelines.

Development and Implementation of Conformal Radiotherapy in the United Kingdom. Royal College of Radiologists, 2002.
(We are unable to provide a link, as this document has now been archived on the RCR website.)

National Institute of Clinical Excellence Guidelines
www.nice.org.uk

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
www.sign.ac.uk/

Books

De Vita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology (8th edition)
De Vita, V.T., Lawrence, T.S. and Rosenberg S.A.
Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2008

Websites

National Cancer Institute - USA
www.cancer.gov/

PubMed Central
National Institute of Health Medical Archive of Science Literature
www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/

Articles and reviews

A systematic review to investigate the effectiveness and acceptability of interventions for moist desquamation in radiotherapy patients. EM Kedge. Radiography, 2009; 15(3): 247-257.

Radiosensitising agents for the radiotherapy of cancer: advances in traditional and hypoxia targeted radiosensitisers. P Bischoff, A Altmeyer,F Dumont. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents, 2009 May;19(5):643-62.

Evidence behind use of intensity-modulated radiotherapy: a systematic review of comparative clinical studies. L Veldeman, I Madani, F Hulstaert, G De Meerleer, M Mareel, W De Neve. Lancet Oncolog, 2008, Apr;9(4):367-75.