Radiation Therapy

Browse by

Recent Deposits

The effect of Mepitel Film on skin reaction severity in patients undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancer: a feasibility study

Wooding, Hayley (Thesis, Bachelor of Radiation Therapy with Honours, 2017)

Radiation skin reactions are a common side effect of radiation therapy and can be distressing and painful for patients. Head and neck cancer patients receive a high dose of radiation to the skin and are therefore at high ...
Men’s experience of virtual simulation to aid patient education for radiation treatment to the prostate

Flockton, Alannah - Jayne (Thesis, Bachelor of Radiation Therapy with Honours, 2017)

Prostate cancer affects more than 3000 New Zealand men each year. Many of these men receive a complex type of radiation treatment which requires patients to have a full bladder and empty rectum to aid in the accuracy of ...
Following the journey of seven patients with recurrent high grade glioma through hypo-fractionated salvage radiation therapy and beyond

Knight, Jenny (Thesis, Bachelor of Radiation Therapy with Honours, 2016)

Primary glioblastoma multiforme is the main primary brain cancer in adults. It is a diagnosis that carries with it a devastatingly poor prognosis. Best current practice, consisting of debulking surgery, radiation therapy ...
Review of a multidisciplinary team approach to patient positioning in head-and-neck cancer: a quantitative analysis

Moore, Sarah (Thesis, Bachelor of Radiation Therapy with Honours, 2015)

Accurate patient positioning is extremely important in radiation therapy for head-and-neck cancer. With the introduction of three-dimensional cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) at the Wellington Blood and Cancer Centre ...
Mepitel Film. The Effect of Mepitel Film Dressings on Acute Radiation-Induced Skin Reactions in Patients Receiving Post-Wide Local Excision Irradiation

Sutherland, Annie Elizabeth Mary (Thesis, Bachelor of Radiation Therapy with Honours, 2015)

The most common malignancy for women in New Zealand is breast cancer. As part of their treatment regimen the majority of these women will receive radiation therapy. A significant number of patients will experience severe ...
Cranberry Capsules: The efficacy of cranberry capsules in the management of acute radiation cystitis in men with prostate cancer

Hamilton, Katelin (Thesis, Bachelor of Radiation Therapy with Honours, 2014)

Background: Acute radiation-induced cystitis is a common side effect of radiation therapy (RT) to the pelvis, with up to 40-50% of prostate cancer patients suffering from cystitis to some extent. Acute symptoms can occur ...
The Effect of Mepilex Lite Dressings on Acute Radiation-Induced Skin Reactions in Women Receiving Post-Mastectomy Chest wall Irradiation

Poonam, Prashika (Thesis, Bachelor of Radiation Therapy with Honours, 2013)

Acute radiation-induced skin reactions are the most common side-effect of external beam radiation therapy ranging from changes in skin colour to dry and flaky skin, leading to moist desquamation (ulceration). Severe skin ...
Mepilex Lite: The Effect of Mepilex Lite Dressings on Acute Radiation-Induced Skin Reactions in Women Receiving Post-Mastectomy Irradiation

Paterson, Dean (Thesis, Bachelor of Radiation Therapy with Honours, 2012)

Acute radiation-induced skin reactions are a common side effect of breast radiation therapy. Reactions range from erythema, through dry desquamation to moist desquamation and can be a source of significant pain, discomfort ...
The Effects of Comvita Manuka Honey on Oral Mucositis in Patients treated with Radiation Therapy to the Head and Neck

Begley, Aubrey (Thesis, Bachelor of Health Sciences with Honours, 2011)

Mucositis is a common side effect of radiation therapy to the head and neck region and one that causes considerable discomfort for patients. Mucositis compromises patients􀂶 ability to eat, drink and talk thus affecting ...
MANUKA HONEY: An Investigation into the Effect of Manuka Honey on Oral Mucositis in Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy to the Head and Neck

Parsons, Emma Kay (Thesis, Bachelor of Health Sciences with Honours, 2011)

Head and neck cancer is the sixth most common type of cancer, with an estimated 650,000 registrations and 350,000 deaths worldwide annually (Parkin et al., 2005). The treatment for these types of cancers is becoming ...