Specialists such as pediatric anesthesiologists and psychologists necessarily participate in the treatment of children. This is due to the fact that children during radiation therapy do not follow all the instructions of the staff, for example, they do not lie still during the therapy session. Therefore, doctors perform irradiation in children under 5 years of age under sedation, in a state of light drug-induced sleep (similar to an MRI examination at the same age). In WPE, sedation is performed by anesthesiologists with relevant pediatric experience. Specially trained specialists in the field of pedagogy and psychology help to motivate children to participate in therapy. They successfully relieve their fear of the procedure through a variety of proven pedagogical techniques.
The entire radiotherapy team works closely with the parents of the children to make radiotherapy as comfortable as possible for the child and family.