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Ways to shape the job

• Brachytherapy

  Radiation delivered from inside the body, for prostate, cervix and some breast cancers. Hands-on and procedure-like.

• Stereotactic radiosurgery

  Very precise, very high doses in a few sessions, for brain and lung tumours. No scalpel involved.

• Pediatric radiation oncology

  Children's cancers. A tiny field at a few centres.

• Clinical trials

  Testing shorter courses and new combinations. Academic radiation oncologists lead them.