Virtual Reality Meets Radiation: A New Era in Patient Coaching

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Breast Cancer Trials

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Breast Cancer Trials is a group of world-leading breast cancer doctors and researchers based in Australia and New Zealand, with a commitment to exploring and finding better treatments for people affected by breast cancer through clinical trials research. The Breast Cancer Trials Podcast is a platform to share the latest in breast cancer research, to share stories and experiences of those who have had breast cancer, and to help explain topics around breast cancer and clinical trials research. www.breastcancertrials.org.au

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Virtual Reality Meets Radiation: A New Era in Patient Coaching

Breast Cancer Trials

10 minutes 41 seconds

5 months ago

Virtual Reality Meets Radiation: A New Era in Patient Coaching

Virtual Reality Meets Radiation: A New Era in Patient Coaching.

Kathleene Dower is a Radiation Therapist and 2025 Clinical Fellow with Breast Cancer Trials. Her project is about piloting virtual reality (VR) coaching and education for deep inspiration breath hold, a breathing technique used duringradiation therapy to move the heart away from radiation and protect it from damage.

This study will explore whether VR coaching and education can help patients learn this technique more effectively.

In this episode, we sit down with Kathleene to discuss:

An overview of Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH), and how to effectively do this.
How the VR coaching program works.
The benefits of using BR compared to traditional coaching methods for DIBH.
Next steps after this pilot study.

Tune in for a deep dive into this important research.

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Guest: Kathleene Dower from Lismore Base Hospital.

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