Resources for Radiation Therapy Patients

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U-M Health's Department of Radiation Oncology, in cooperation with the Rogel Cancer Center and U-M Health, provides several resources for radiation oncology patients and families including videos, websites and handouts created or endorsed by clinicians.

To begin, please watch our Radiation Oncology Treatment series.

Radiation Oncology Treatment Series: Preparing for Radiation Therapy:What to Expect Before Treatment

Patient & Family Resources

Radiation Oncology FAQ

What is radiation therapy?

Support Services for patient & families

Patient Education

For a full list of patient education materials for all patients, please visit the U-M Health online patient library. To see all the radiation oncology material go to Browse by Medical Service and select Radiation Oncology.

To get you started, we collected links to the material most commonly used by our patients.

Radiation Therapy Patient Handbook

Patient Maps

Directions to Check-In for HDR Prostate Brachytherapy

Preparing for Your Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Exam with Contrast

Preparing for Your Computed Tomography (CT) Exam with Contrast

Preparing for Your Gold Seed and Rectal Spacer Procedure

Preparing for prostate cancer radiation therapy: Fractionated

Preparing for prostate cancer radiation therapy: SBRT

Side Effects of Head and Neck Radiation and How to Manage Them

Resources for Radiation Therapy Patients

To begin, please watch our Radiation Oncology Treatment series.

Patient & Family Resources

Patient Education

Questions about cancer?