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Kate Newbold - Royal Marsden Hospital

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The <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Marsden</strong>Toxicity of radiotherapyEarly-2-3 weeks into treatment-reversible - settle within 4 - 6 weeks of completion oftreatment-present to some degree in all patients-severity does not predict for late toxicityLate-6-9 months post RT-tends to be permanent, may be progressive-5-10% of patients will develop severe toxicity

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