Welcome to our Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Group
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Our group brings together people who have experience with cancer and radiation therapy—patients, family, friends, and carers. We want to help more people in Ireland understand what radiation therapy is and how it works. We also want your help to make our teaching and research better.
You can share your thoughts, give feedback, and/or join our group. You do not need to be an expert or have done anything like this before—your voice and experience are very important to us.
You can choose how much or how little you want to take part.
If you want to know more or get involved, please contact us, Claire Poole and Laura Mullaney at RadiationTherapyPPI@tcd.ie or on 018962973.
We would love to hear from you. Further information is available here: PPI Information Leaflet
Patient Voices (PPI Group)
Patient Voices is a project where people share their own stories about having radiation therapy.
The stories are shared through videos and podcasts.
Everyone's story is different depending on when and where they had radiation therapy. Your experience may be different from theirs.
Patient Stories - Aoife Brennan
In this video, Aoife Brennan outlines her experience of having radiation therapy for breast cancer.
Patient Stories - Mary Behan (Audio only)
In this audio only podcast, Mary Behan describes her radiation therapy experience.
Patient Stories - Mary Holden
Welcome to the first in our series of patient stories. In this video, Mary Holden tells us about her radiation therapy experience for advanced breast cancer.
Here is a link to the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) directory of support services.
Other Patient Experiences
These are videos from other patients who share their stories about having radiation therapy. Everyone's story is different depending on when and where they had radiation therapy. Your experience may be different from theirs.
Julie McCrossin shares her experience of having radiation therapy to her neck in the short videos below. Click on the titles to see the videos from the Targeting Cancer group.
The Making of the Immobilisation Mask and receiving a radiation therapy treatment
Challenges of wearing a mask for radiation therapy treatment and what helped