3.1 Treatments
Radio therapy Video (2 minutes, 30 seconds)
What is cancer radiotherapy and how does it work?
Chemotherapy Video (2 minutes, 55 seconds)
Immunotherapy
https://www.cancerresearch.org/immunotherapy/what-is-immunotherapy
3.2 Side Effects from treatments
Neutropenic sepsis This section covers chemotherapy and how it can reduce the number of white blood cells (neutrophils) produced by the bone marrow and the importance of seeking medical support for the patient as quickly as possible. https://learnzone.org.uk/courses/course.php?id=53
3.3 Consequences of Cancer and its treatments
This section covers how to recognise the role of supportive care for patients receiving cancer treatments
LearnZone - Learning from Macmillan Cancer Support: Login to the site
3.4 Managing Fatigue
This document outlines the top 10 tips on managing fatigue. We recommend you print this if possible or save it to an easily accessible folder/drive.
Top 10 Tips Download pdf (419.26 KB)
3.5 During treatment / Long term affects
The resources below describe the possible and long-term effects of treatments:
2: bone thinning and osteoporosis
Triage tool Please feel free to use this document as a resource for grading of signs and symptoms of next steps
Triage tool Download pdf (265.46 KB)