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**Trigger Warning** Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Oa Hackett as part of the living with and beyond cancer series (part 42). Discussion about Oa’s cancer diagnosis, treatment, support through treatment and Little Lifts charity.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) look at the signs and symptoms of breast cancer: https://breastcancernow.org/about-br...

**Trigger Warning** Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Dr. Clive Peedell as part of our paid series with Boston Scientific where Clive talks about his career, talks about his experience and experience of SpaceOAR™.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) read Clive’s research: SpaceOAR™ hydrogel spacer injection prior to stereotactic body radiation therap...

Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Charlotte Beardmore CBE, Dorothy Keane MBE and Ian Graves who discussed e-Integrity, an award-winning healthcare e-learning platform as part of the leadership series (part 24). To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) Reflect on your CPD activities over the last year. What have you done to meet your professional registratio...

**Trigger Warning** Here is a bonus episode with Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara discussing radiotherapy skin care, equity for people of colour and what you can do to improve healthcare.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) read Naman’s article in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences: https://www.jmirs.org/article/S1939-8654(23)01872-6/fulltext 2...

Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Louise Retout and Claire Clarkson about their roles at the Greater Manchester cancer alliance, the roles of specialist Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) within cancer care and AHPs day 2024.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) consider the importance of allied health professionals within the cancer pathway. 2) look...

**Trigger Warning** Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Will Kinnaird as part of our paid series with Boston Scientific where Will talks about his career, his sexual dysfunction research and experience of SpaceOAR™.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) reflect on the impact of sexual dysfunction on people who have prostate cancer treatment. 2) read Will...

**Trigger Warning** Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Emma Campbell as part of the living with and beyond cancer series (part 41). Discussion about Emma’s experience of secondary breast cancer, living as a single mother and her advocacy work.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) reflect on Emma’s cancer diagnosis and treatment. 2) consider how you cou...

**Trigger Warning** Here is a bonus episode with Jo and Naman discussing radiotherapy, why is radiotherapy used, what the radiotherapy pathway is, radiotherapy terminology and what to expect prior to going for radiotherapy.  ​​  ​​To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  ​​1) Reflect on the information available to your patients ahead of attending the radiotherapy department....

**Trigger Warning** Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Ms. Anushka Chaudhry as part of the living with and beyond cancer series (part 39). Discussion about Anushka’s career, how people can prepare for breast tissue or chest surgery, how to look after a surgical site post-surgery.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) consider the advice you might give t...

**Trigger Warning** Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Phil Alderson as part of the living with and beyond cancer series (part 40). Discussion about Phil’s experience of a male breast cancer and all of his advocacy work.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) reflect on Phil’s experience of cancer and treatment.  2) read this fact sheet: https://www.brea...

Jo and Naman discussing prehabilitation in cancer care and what prehabilitation you could undertake prior to radiotherapy treatment.    To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) Read the Macmillan prehabilitation guidelines and see what interventions you could implement into your practice. https://www.macmillan.org.uk/healthcare-professionals/news-and-resources/guides/princi...

**Trigger Warning** Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Sbba Siddique as part of the living with and beyond cancer series (part 38). Discussion about Sbba’s cancer diagnosis, faith and how she helps others raise awareness within the South Asian community.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) reflect on Sbba’s experience of a cancer diagnosis and treatme...

Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Úna Findlay as part of the leadership series (part 23). Discussion about Úna’s career, transferable skills of therapeutic radiographer and future plans at the UK Health Security Agency.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  Reflect upon your current practice and consider how you can improve/ influence patient safety.  Rer...

Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Fodi Kyriakos about his career, career progression and the Skilled Personnel Network he has founded.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  Consider signing up to the Skilled Personnel Network: https://www.skilledpersonnelnetwork.com/share/VWG5iZHw9c3VtRhB?utm_source=manual Balancing Professional and Personal Growth: consi...

Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Linda Hindle OBE as part of the Leadership series (part 22). Discussion about Linda’s career, public health and sustainability.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) reflect on Linda’s leadership journey. 2) consider your leadership style and how you could improve your confidence in challenging decisions. 3) consider y...

Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Diana Hurnall as part of the Education and Workforce Development series (part 52). Discussion about Diana’s career as a therapeutic radiographer, why she switched to the scientist training programme and what the future holds for her.    To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) read about the Scientist Training Programme (ST...

Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Hannah Bargh-Dawson as part of Education and Workforce Development series (part 51). Discussion about Hannah’s career, PhD research and the potential of using ultrasound to stimulate microbubbles for radio-sensitisation in preclinical research.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) consider the possibilities and limita...

**Trigger Warning** Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Rachel Brooks-Pearson as part of leadership series (part 21). Discussion about Rachel’s career, research stereotactic ablative radiotherapy in cardiac radio-ablation for ventricular tachycardia.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) reflect on Rachel’s research journey. 2) consider how you could imp...

**Trigger Warning** Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Abdul and Ben on their careers, radiotherapy physics and the advanced machinery available at GenesisCare.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) reflect on the benefits of advanced treatment techniques for people living with and beyond cancer. 2) watch this video on the Viewray MRIdian at GenesisCare...

**Trigger Warning** Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Prof. Emily Jones and Dr. Emma Meaburn as part of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion series (part 12). Discussion about Prof. Emily Jones and Dr. Emma Meaburn careers and research interests, genetics and brain and cognitive development work at Birkbeck university.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1)...

**Trigger Warning** Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Dr. Carol Box part of Education and Workforce Development series (part 50). Discussion about Carol’s career, biological experiments at the Institute of Cancer Research and future research within pre-clinical Radiotherapy research.   To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:  1) reflect on models of cancer tha...

​​**Trigger Warning** ​​ ​​Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Beverley De Gale OBE and Orin Lewis OBE to discuss their son Daniel’s experience of blood cancer, the charity African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust (ACLT) they founded in his honour and the incredible work they do for the black community in raising awareness.  ​​  ​​To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points...

Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara reflect on 2.6 years of Rad Chat! © Rad Chat 2025. All rights reserved.   We (or our licensors) own all intellectual property rights in this podcast and all related content, online and offline.   You may not use, copy, modify, download, archive, reproduce, distribute, display, publish, licence, create derivative works from or commercially exploit any part of ou...

Rad Chat live at UK Oncology Forum Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara speak to Dr. Harshani Green about her career as a clinical oncologist, renal cancer research and what the future holds for her. Beyond the Knife in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review—To Ablate or Not to Ablate?: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/13/3455 UK Early Career Researchers in Cancer: https://www.ukecrc.co.uk/  ...

Rad Chat live at UK Oncology Forum Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara speak to Dr. Karen Campbell on her career, role as the president of the UK Oncology Nursing Society and why nurses need to get involved with research. UK Oncology Nursing Society: https://ukons.org/   © Rad Chat 2025. All rights reserved.   We (or our licensors) own all intellectual property rights in this podcast and all rela...