Right now is World Radiotherapy Awareness Day!
Internationally, sufferers, healthcare professionals, organisations and communities are coming along with One Voice for Radiotherapy.
Right now is a celebration of the individuals who make radiotherapy potential, the sufferers and households whose experiences encourage higher understanding, and everybody working to make sure this important most cancers therapy receives the popularity it deserves.
To each one who has shared a narrative, organised an occasion, created a useful resource, joined a dialog or helped unfold the phrase: thanks.
Your assist helps extra individuals perceive the essential function radiotherapy performs in curing most cancers, relieving signs and bettering lives.
Right now could also be World Radiotherapy Consciousness Day, however the dialog should proceed. Collectively, we are able to problem misconceptions, enhance understanding and advocate for entry to protected, high-quality radiotherapy for everybody who wants it.
Thanks for standing with us and including your voice.
Katie Wakeham, Scientific Oncologist at Imperial Faculty Healthcare NHS Belief:
“Be part of World Radiotherapy Consciousness Day and The Royal Faculty of Radiologists advocating for a extremely expert workforce with the capability to ship high quality radiotherapy.
Radiotherapy performs a vital function in most cancers therapy, and it’s crucial that we now have one of the best professionals educated and geared up to assist sufferers throughout their most cancers journey.”
International Society of Paediatric Oncology – SIOP:
“1 million lives may very well be saved yearly just by increasing world entry to radiotherapy.
This World Radiotherapy Consciousness Day, SIOP is proud to face with the worldwide oncology group and communicate with One Voice For Radiotherapy.
Radiotherapy is an important pillar of most cancers care, contributing to almost half of all most cancers cures. But, vital gaps in entry to this life-saving therapy stay all over the world:
- 1 in 3 youngsters recognized with most cancers want radiotherapy.
- Over 200 million individuals reside in a rustic with no entry to radiotherapy.
- Greater than 40 nations in Asia and Africa wouldn’t have even one radiotherapy physician.
Study extra and discover out how one can participate.”
Gerry Hanna, Marie Curie Chair of Scientific Oncology at Trinity Faculty Dublin, Member of the Board of Administrators on the Irish Most cancers Society:
“For World Radiotherapy Consciousness Day 2026 ( WRAD 2026 ) our Self-discipline of Radiation Remedy TCD Follow Tutors Sany Dangol and Christine O’Brien are spreading consciousness in regards to the many advantages of radiotherapy at our stand in St James’s Hospital Dublin
Additionally within the image is our Superior Follow Radiation Therapist Caitriona Kelly – Caitriona’s APRT function is invaluable in supporting our sufferers with lung most cancers throughout Saint Luke’s Radiation Oncology Community
If you happen to’re round, name in and go to the stand and get a scrummy cupcake or enter our quiz.
Radiotherapy saves lives and is a key most cancers therapy modality.”
Aisling Barry, Professor at College Faculty Cork:
“Right now is World Radiotherapy Consciousness Day.
For these of us who work day in day trip treating individuals with a most cancers prognosis with radiotherapy we all know simply how efficient radiotherapy could be as a therapy in its personal proper, or together with different most cancers remedies.
Radiotherapy actually cures most cancers. Folks survive their most cancers prognosis due to radiotherapy.
Radiotherapy helps individuals reside a life the place signs, equivalent to ache, are managed enabling them to proceed to do issues that matter to them….the college drop off, hugging their grandkids, strolling the canine….
Nevertheless, radiotherapy is a most cancers therapy modality that’s too typically ignored, or not thought-about within the clinic, in analysis, in coverage….
Over the previous 12 months, we now have advocated strongly for the Authorities to take a proactive strategy by establishing a rolling alternative programme for radiotherapy tools. Promising progress has been made, however way more must be achieved to make sure our sufferers obtain the perfect care.
On this World Radiotherapy Consciousness Day, I ask my colleagues, I ask our sufferers, and I ask you to at all times take into consideration radiotherapy.
It might not be applicable at that exact second in time, but when we don’t ask, we don’t know. Each single one in every of my radiation oncology colleagues can be completely satisfied to take a name at any time to debate whether or not radiotherapy might make a distinction for a affected person.”
Benjamin Ssemata, Radiation Therapist on the Uganda Most cancers Institute:
“Africa Is Talking and radiotherapy should be a part of the dialog.
I’m honoured to be talking LIVE right this moment on the Africa WRAD Dialogue 2026, sharing classes from the frontline as a Radiation Therapist and WRAD Regional Champion for Uganda.
My message is easy:
Consciousness will not be the vacation spot. Motion is.
We can’t have fun what radiotherapy can obtain with out confronting the tens of millions who nonetheless wrestle to entry it.
Make radiotherapy seen.
Make radiotherapy understood.
Make radiotherapy accessible.
Join us as Africa brings ONE VOICE FOR RADIOTHERAPY to the worldwide dialog.
We’re LIVE NOW – be a part of the dialogue!”
Lucinda Morris, Radiation Oncologist at NSW Well being:
“Two years of World Radiotherapy Consciousness Day and what a two years it’s been!
Radiotherapy saves lives, but far too many individuals with most cancers all over the world nonetheless miss out on this important therapy
From an thought to an enormous world motion, an enormous thanks to the sufferers who’ve shared their tales + the unbelievable radiotherapy group who’ve bought behind WRAD!
And a really particular shout-out to Prof Sandra Turner and Dr Katie Wakeham, the WRAD International Committee and all of the wonderful regional champions for driving this world motion ahead
Two years in. One voice for radiotherapy. And we’re simply getting began”
Lina María Loaiza Salazar, Ambassador OF American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO):
“I’m honored to be a part of World Radiotherapy Awareness Day (WRAD) as Regional Champion for Latin America, including my voice to a worldwide initiative that seeks to make seen the important function of radiotherapy in most cancers care.
From Latin America, we proceed to work to lift consciousness in regards to the significance of radiotherapy, its advantages, and the obstacles that many sufferers nonetheless face in accessing well timed and high quality remedies.
On the WRAD web site you’ll be able to hear testimonials from sufferers, professionals, leaders and organizations from completely different elements of the world which have joined this trigger.
I invite you to fulfill these voices, share the message and be a part of World Radiotherapy Consciousness Day on September 7.”
“Right now, Sep. 7, ASTRO proudly joins the worldwide radonc group in recognizing World Radiotherapy Consciousness Day. This essential day is a chance to spotlight the important function of radiation remedy in most cancers care and the necessity for equitable entry to therapy.
We encourage our members and followers to be taught extra and assist unfold the phrase.”
Claudia Carvajal, Head of the Radiotherapy Division, Clínica Alemana de Santiago:
“Right now is the World Radiotherapy Awareness Day and I need to spotlight and thank all the human staff that with infinite dedication makes potential the supply of this important therapy in opposition to most cancers.”
“Radiotherapy saves tens of millions of lives. Let’s make sure the world is aware of it.
Right now, on World Radiotherapy Consciousness Day, ESTRO President Prof Barbara Jereczek-Fossa displays on how far radiotherapy has come – and what’s wanted to make it accessible to each affected person who wants it.
Radiotherapy is estimated to contribute to roughly 40% of all most cancers cures worldwide. Because of fast innovation, right this moment’s remedies are extra exact, personalised, and safer than ever. But vital entry gaps stay. Unlocking radiotherapy’s full potential means investing not simply in expertise, however in individuals, training, analysis, and powerful well being programs.”
Kevin Moore, Vice President, Product Administration, Radiation Oncology Options at Varian:
“Image it… 1953, the primary affected person was handled on a linear accelerator constructed particularly for Radiotherapy.
Greater than 70 years later, it’s fairly unbelievable to consider how far this subject has come. We are able to see extra. Deal with with higher precision. Tackle instances in methods these early groups most likely couldn’t have imagined.
And but, the place a affected person is handled can nonetheless form the care accessible to them. I don’t imagine this takes away from the progress we’ve made, but it surely does make the subsequent a part of our work fairly clear.Every time we enhance radiotherapy, we additionally want to consider how one can unfold that development.
How will we make superior care simpler for extra clinics to ship? How will we assist groups deal with extra sufferers and extra complicated instances? How will we be certain that geography or assets don’t resolve what is feasible for somebody?
That’s a accountability all of us on this subject share. On World Radiotherapy Consciousness Day, I’m grateful for everybody who has superior radiotherapy over the past 70 years. And I’m enthusiastic about what we are able to do subsequent. The subsequent breakthrough issues. Getting it to the sufferers who want it issues much more.”
Eftychia Tataridou, Medical Physician at Theageneio Anticancer Hospital of Thessaloniki:
“World Radiotherapy Consciousness Day 2026 | One Voice for Radiotherapy.
Right now, our Radiation Oncology Division at Theagenio Most cancers Hospital, Thessaloniki joined the worldwide group in marking World Radiotherapy Consciousness Day (WRAD).
Our native initiative centered on one thing easy however important: making radiotherapy higher understood by sufferers, households and the broader public, whereas highlighting the significance of equitable entry to protected, high-quality radiotherapy worldwide.
Along with our multidisciplinary staff and our sufferers, we shared academic materials, addressed frequent myths and misconceptions, and created our WRAD Tree, with contributions from each employees and sufferers.
I’m significantly grateful to Prof. Sandra Turner, Co-Chair of WRAD, for her belief and for inviting me to affix the WRAD Regional Champions community representing Greece. It’s a privilege to contribute to a world initiative that brings the radiotherapy group collectively round a typical function.
Thanks to everybody at Theageneio Anticancer Hospital of Thessaloniki who supported and took part in right this moment’s initiative.
One Voice for Radiotherapy.”
