Radiotherapy for laryngeal cancer

You might have radiotherapy on its own as your main treatment, or combined with other treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy or targeted cancer drugs.

The radiotherapy team plans your external beam radiotherapy before you start treatment. This means working out the dose of radiotherapy you need and exactly where you need it.

You have radiotherapy in the radiotherapy department of the hospital.

Side effects tend to start a week after the radiotherapy begins. They can include feeling tired, sore skin, a sore throat and difficulty swallowing.