ESTRO 2024 - Abstract Book

S5663

RTT - Patient experience and quality of life

ESTRO 2024

41% online, to 55% and 86% for the in-person participants who had received prostate and breast radiotherapy respectively.

Keywords: upright radiotherapy, body position, comfort

References:

[1] Van Dyk, Jacob & Battista, Jerry & Almond, P. (2020). ‘A Retrospective of Cobalt-60 radiation therapy : The Atom Bomb that Saves Lives’, Medical Physics International Journal, Special Issue, History of Medical Physics 4

[2] Hegarty, S. Hardcastle, N. Korte, J. Kron, T. Everitt, S. Rahim, S. Hegi-Johnson, F. Franich, R. (2022) ‘Please Place Your Seat in the Full Upright Position: A Technical Framework for Landing Upright Radiation Therapy in the 21st Century’, Frontiers in Oncology, 12th March, p 1–7. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.821887.

[3] Volz, L. Sheng, Y. Durante, M. Graeff, C. (2022). ‘Considerations for Upright Particle Therapy Patient Positioning and Associated Image Guidance’ Frontiers in Oncology, 12th July, p1-13, doi:10.3389/fonc.2022.930850

[4] Rahim, S. Korte, J. Hardcastle, N. Hegarty, S. Kron, T. Everitt, S. et al. (2020) ‘Upright Radiation Therapy—A Historical Reflection and Opportunities for Future Applications’, Frontiers in Oncology, 10th February, p 1–5. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.00213. [5] Goldsworthy S, Latour JM, Palmer S, McNair HA, Cramp M. (2023) ‘Patient and therapeutic radiographer experiences of comfort during the radiotherapy pathway: A qualitative study’. Radiography. 29th May, 29 Suppl 1:S24-S31. doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2023.02.011. [6] Boisbouvier, S. Boucaud, A. Tanguy, R. Grégoire, V. (2022) ‘Upright patient positioning for pelvic radiotherapy treatments’, Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol. Vol 24, September, p 124-130, doi:10.1016/j.tipsro.2022.11.003. [7] Boisbouvier S, Underwood T, McNamara J, Probst H. (2023) ‘Upright patient positioning for gantry-free breast radiotherapy: feasibility tests using a robotic chair and specialised bras’. Frontiers in Oncology. Sep 22nd ;13:1250678. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1250678

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Digital Poster

Service User Perceptions Concerning the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Radiotherapy

Paul Crane, Pete Bridge

University of Liverpool, School of Health Sciences, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Purpose/Objective:

There is still limited research concerning the impact of AI on radiotherapy services and how this will transform the roles of Radiotherapy Professionals(1-4). Existing publications focussed on healthcare professionals’ opinions