Radiotherapy

My husband Mark started his Radiotherapy 5 session a week for 4 weeks 

Due to the bank holiday he should have had his treatment today but unfortunately there was a problem with the machine 

so he was sent away and will return tomorrow

it will have been 5 days without Radiation treatment he as 7 sessions left to have 

my concerns are he as been left to long 

please can you advise me 

Parents
  • Sessions often have to be cancelled. One of mine was due to the monthly maintenance of the machine. An extra session was added to the following week. I would not worry as he seems to have had plenty of weekly appointments already. I too had 20, five per week except during one week it was four and the missing one was added to the beginning of the fifth week

    Where it was thought essential for complete continuity, some people at my centre were sent to another hospital 35 miles away.. I presume your husband's radiologist must have thought the wait would be all right but if you are anxious you can always phone his team.

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  • Sessions often have to be cancelled. One of mine was due to the monthly maintenance of the machine. An extra session was added to the following week. I would not worry as he seems to have had plenty of weekly appointments already. I too had 20, five per week except during one week it was four and the missing one was added to the beginning of the fifth week

    Where it was thought essential for complete continuity, some people at my centre were sent to another hospital 35 miles away.. I presume your husband's radiologist must have thought the wait would be all right but if you are anxious you can always phone his team.

Children