Well, I will say that working with cancer patients isn't like most people expect it to be. You tell people you're in oncology and they have this image of some kind of horrific dystopian nightmare, and its not like that
at all. The beauty of radiotherapy is you get to see most patients every day for several weeks, so you really get to know them and form a relationship with them. It's generally a really positive, happy place - yes you will see some things that are quite tough, but that's the same in most healthcare professions. My friends daughter is doing diagnostic radiography and her first week of her first placement she saw domestic violence victims, abused children, road traffic accidents, severely ill covid patients.....
I would encourage you to go and do work experience in a department, but you can't because of covid
However, there was this webinar done last month by SHU to try and compensate a little bit for it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJIZZplvH0A&feature=emb_logoAlso, I would recommend following Jo Macnamara (course lead at SHU) on twitter, she's constantly posting loads of stuff about the career.
https://twitter.com/SHURadiotherapy