Putting cancer into words - poems
'Every emotion that you can think of. Happy, sad, laugh out loud and all in-between.'
Listen to these short powerful poems created by people who’ve had radiotherapy for cancer.
Their aim is to encourage more people to talk about radiotherapy and to encourage people to be involved in shaping new research about improving radiotherapy treatments and reducing side effects.
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An Unlikely Friendship
A new relationship develops.
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Wonder Woman
Fitting radiotherapy into life or fitting life around radiotherapy.
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This project was delivered by Vocal, radiotherapy researchers from the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and Contact. These poems were developed through creative workshops run by Nathaniel Hall. For more information see the case study.
Sources of information and support for people with cancer and their carers:
Annie Keane
Deputy Director
I lead our work that brings people, patients and researchers together with communities, partners and artists to reach new audiences with health research.