External radiotherapy

External radiotherapy uses radiotherapy machines to aim radiation beams at a cancer. This destroys the cancer cells. There are different types of external radiotherapy.

Your radiotherapy treatment plan is individual to you. You have a CT scan or MRI scan, to create your radiotherapy plan.

What happens during external radiotherapy, including travelling to the hospital for your appointments and what to expect in the treatment room.

There are many different types of external radiotherapy. The treatment you have depends on your cancer and its position in the body.

You might have regular follow up appointments at the radiotherapy department or if you went to a different hospital for radiotherapy, follow up may be back at your local hospital. Your treatment team will let you know.