Decimus:

You are right about your second point, that's part of why Radiography is more sophisticated.
However, a Radiologist is not needed to carry out Radiotherapy.
You can't just graduate as a Radiographer though and become that automatically , you have to undergo further studies in Radiotherapy/Nuclear medicine.

Not without the supervision of the consultant (Radiologists) who is actually the one to decide the dose and degree of expose to the radiographers.
In the actual sense, the radiographers are extremely subservient to the radiologists. In fact, the radiographers do the dirty work (radiographic procedures) and face the high risk of exposure to various level of radiation.
And this is the basis for the arguements where that poster said nurses are extremely subservient to doctors while radiographers are not.

eben28:


Chai... I thought nigerian youths are educated... but with this your statement, I doubt sha.
Pls dont post if you know nothing about this. And never you disrespect the term REGISTERED NURSE.

To become a registered nurse in nigeria, you must be currently enrolled in a recognized nursing school in either a Univeristy (BNSc nurse) or school of nursing (OND nurse); and then you must have sat for and passed the three papers in the nursing and midwifery council's professional examinations.

D way we used to see nurses back then is no longer same sir. I'm not trying to disregard nurses at all. D fact still remains that Nigeria of nowadays is no longer Nigeria of oldies that nurses were hot cake.
Many nurses are collecting below 50k here in Nigeria, registered nurses.

If you plan to stay in Nigeria go for Radiography but if you intend to leave go for nursing. Currently Radiographers are in short supply and high demand as not many schools are offering it but with time it will get saturated like medlab and pharmacy. Radiographers are earning equal pay and sometimes higher than Medical officers in private employment currently which is far higher than what nurses are getting. But ease of migration is still fastest for nurses and more job reach and spread outside the country. If you finally migrate to USA and pursue Nurse practitioner or Travel nursing, you will be raking in good money. Also hazards of exposure to radiation over a long time is not much talked about for radiographers, to me they even deserve more pay with that daily work hazard

Lawrencethegoat:
Radiography vs Nursing which is better

What are your future goals?

emmanuelbrown26:

D way we used to see nurses back then is no longer same sir. I'm not trying to disregard nurses at all. D fact still remains that Nigeria of nowadays is no longer Nigeria of oldies that nurses were hot cake.
Many nurses are collecting below 50k here in Nigeria, registered nurses.

Yes, this 50k is only applicable in private hospitals. And guess what the 50k is for like 6 to 8 hours in 3 or 4 times a week job. A nurse can combine one government job which pays like 110k with two private job of 50k each. In total she goes home with about 200k or more every month.

When they get to abroad, the situation gets more merrier sef because they pay per hour. Then, you'll see nurses doing 2 to 3 jobs in the hospital plus home services join. By the time you add those cash up in a month, you'll understand what a better take-home-package means.

eben28:


Not without the supervision of the consultant (Radiologists) who is actually the one to decide the dose and degree of expose to the radiographers.
In the actual sense, the radiographers are extremely subservient to the radiologists. In fact, the radiographers do the dirty work (radiographic procedures) and face the high risk of exposure to various level of radiation.
And this is the basis for the arguements where that poster said nurses are extremely subservient to doctors while radiographers are not.
You missed the point of the discussion. The poster made a claim that nurses are

What i shared with you is an excerpt from NHS in UK, did you see anywhere they mentioned Radiologists or that it must be done under their supervision? If you have any, kindly share.
I'm not talking about your average Nigerian health care system here where everyone is involved in a power tussle and everyone want to be on top of another person without respecting one another job's specification or description.
Radiotherapists don't need to wait for dose instructions from anyone, because Dosimetery is a vital part of their curriculum.
Radiography is very vast and technical,
It's easy for a common house officer to look down on a nurse with many years of experience, but the said house officer will be lost in a basic radiography unit.

While going through your well detailed response I felt like a lecturer who is reading a very thorough answer to a question that was never asked.

The result is a score of Zero.

The topic is on Radiography not Radiology.

So many students leave exam hall feeling they have destroyed the exam not knowing they failed woefully because they didn't read the question properly.

Oyindamolah:
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Let’s look at what it takes to be a nurse vs. a radiologist now that we’ve answered the main question.

So let’s talk about Radiology

As a radiologist, you will assist other doctors in diagnosing and treating patients, which can be a rewarding career.

Those who work in the field of radiology, unlike many other professions, never have the same day twice. A typical day may contain a variety of patient problems, unusual settings, and the application of cutting-edge technology.

As a radiologist, you’ll use ultrasound, x-rays, CT scans, MRIs, and other imaging equipment to diagnose and treat patients.

The majority of radiologic and MRI technologists are full-time employees. Some technologists work evenings, weekends, or overnight shifts since imaging is occasionally required in emergencies.

Nursing is a demanding professional path, but if you are compassionate and want to help the weak and sick, this is the path for you.

You must also be willing to work long hours in high-stress settings and put your patients’ needs ahead of your own.

Advanced-degreed nurses are in high demand all around the world, and they can find work in both the private and public sectors quickly.

To begin your career as a nurse, you must complete one of three educational paths: a bachelor’s degree in nursing, an associate’s degree in nursing, or a diploma from a recognized nursing program.

A license is required for registered nurses.

Many people mistakenly believe that nursing means caring for patients.

It’s much more than that, though.

Nurses are increasingly taking on leadership roles in healthcare settings, and they are capable of accomplishing a variety of tasks.

Furthermore, advanced education allows you to specialize in a certain field.

Specialty fields such as Nurse Anesthetists, Nurse Midwives, and Nurse Practitioners

What Do Nurses Do Every Day?
Registered nurses (RNs) provide and coordinate patient care, educate patients and the public about various health conditions, and provide advice and emotional support to patients and their families.

Registered nurses typically do the following:

Assess patients’ conditions
Record patients’ medical histories and symptoms
Observe patients and record the observations
Administer patients’ medicines and treatments
Set up plans for patients’ care or contribute information to existing plans
Consult and collaborate with doctors and other healthcare professionals
Operate and monitor medical equipment
Help perform diagnostic tests and analyze the results
Teach patients and their families how to manage illnesses or injuries
Explain what to do at home after treatment

What Do Radiologists Do Every Day?
Radiology or radiologic technologists, commonly known as radiographers, are medical professionals that perform x-rays and other diagnostic imaging procedures on patients. MRI techs create diagnostic images using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners.

Radiologic and MRI technologists typically do the following:

Adjust and maintain imaging equipment
Follow precise orders from physicians on what areas of the body to image
Prepare patients for procedures, including taking a medical history and shielding exposed areas that do not need to be imaged
Position the patient and the equipment to get the correct image
Operate the computerized equipment to take the images
Work with physicians to evaluate the images and to determine whether additional images need to be taken
Keep detailed patient records.

How To Become A Nurse Practitioner?
Becoming a Nurse Practioner will take significant time and effort.

The education and training of a Nurse Practitioner normally take six to eight years.

Typically require a master’s degree in the field of your choice (two to three years.) Then required to take and pass the APRN certification exam (less than one year.)

How To Become A Radiologist?
Students interested in radiologic or MRI technologies should pursue math and science classes such as anatomy, biology, chemistry, and physics in high school.

Individuals must undergo a four-year radiology residency after graduating from medical school.

On-call employment has been increasingly common in the last two years, which some people find both physically and mentally taxing. A one- or two-year fellowship program, usually in a specific area of radiology, must be completed.

To practice as a radiologist, candidates must pass the United States Medical Licensing Exam or the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Exam.

Many radiologists also need to pass state boards and be certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology or the American Board of Radiology.

Nurses Practitioners earn more than Radiologist, with the median wage of a Nurse Practitioner at $117,670 compared to $63,710 per annum 

However, wages will vary on the number of years of experience, geographical location, etc.

Job Role Median Wage / Per Annum
Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Anesthetists, Midwives $117,670
Registered Nurse $75,330
According to US Labor Bureau and Statistics, the median annual wage for nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners was $117,670 per year in 2020.

The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.

The lowest 10 percent earned less than $82,460, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $184,180.

Median annual wages for nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners in May 2019 were as follows:

Nurse anaesthetists $183,580
Nurse practitioners $111,680
Nurse-midwives $111,130
In May 2020, the median annual wages for nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:

Hospitals; state, local, and private $124,660
Outpatient care centres $122,840
Offices of physicians $114,570
Offices of other health practitioners $111,610
Educational services; state, local, and private $111,400
Source; Nurse Anesthetists, Nurse Midwives, and Nurse Practitioners: Occupational Outlook Handbook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov)



With demand predicted to grow by 9% every year, you should have no trouble finding work in Radiology. However, with anticipated growth of 45 percent from 2020 to 2030, far faster than the average for all occupations, obtaining a Practitioner position will not be a problem.

Final Thoughts
Nursing is regarded to be better than Radiology because it pays better, is more in demand, and has more career choices. Both nurses and radiologists must complete arduous academic qualifications. Nurses and radiologists both work shifts and spend a lot of time on their feet. Both professions are customer-facing.

It is important to choose what to study.

Speak with trustworthy friends and family members, and think about obtaining professional help.

Before choosing a career path to study, consider your talents and limits, as well as your likes and dislikes.

SIMPLIFIED:
If you plan to stay in Nigeria go for Radiography but if you intend to leave go for nursing. Currently Radiographers are in short supply and high demand as not many schools are offering it but with time it will get saturated like medlab and pharmacy. Radiographers are earning equal pay and sometimes higher than Medical officers in private employment currently which is far higher than what nurses are getting. But ease of migration is still fastest for nurses and more job reach and spread outside the country. If you finally migrate to USA and pursue Nurse practitioner or Travel nursing, you will be raking in good money. Also hazards of exposure to radiation over a long time is not much talked about for radiographers, to me they even deserve more pay with that daily work hazard

Hazard allowance and call duty allowance for Radiographers are higher than that of Nurses.
However, not all Radiographers deal with ionizing radiation, you can pick a niche that will allow you to avoid ionizing radiation totally.

Galleryeasy:
Raw truth, I have a friend that was earning more than 280k here in Nigeria before traveling to UK. Even Med.Dic don't earn that much.

Oga, stop saying what u don't know. As far as Nigeria is concerned, no medical or paramedical profession come close to med & sug. Med lab, med radio, med rehab, nursing have similar salary scale while pharmacy have a little edge over the aforementioned professions. Then medicine tops others. As a matter of facts, I'm currently studying med lab. That is how the FG structured the salary scale of medical profession. Ur radiographer friend might have been in the profession for many years for him to earn that amount (280k) which is something an house officer (med and sug) fresh graduate earns.

Make ur findings.

All good

FlordFlorez:


Oga, stop saying what u don't know. As far as Nigeria is concerned, no medical or paramedical profession come close to med & sug. Med lab, med radio, med rehab, nursing have similar salary scale while pharmacy have a little edge over the aforementioned professions. Then medicine tops others. As a matter of facts, I'm currently studying med lab. That is how the FG structured the salary scale of medical profession. Ur radiographer friend might have been in the profession for many years for him to earn that amount (280k) which is something an house officer (med and sug) fresh graduate earns.

Make ur findings.

Which hospital(s) pay house officer 280k?

Decimus:

What i shared with you is an excerpt from NHS in UK, did you see anywhere they mentioned Radiologists or that it must be done under their supervision? If you have any, kindly share.
I'm not talking about your average Nigerian health care system here where everyone is involved in a power tussle and everyone want to be on top of another person without respecting one another job's specification or description.
Radiotherapists don't need to wait for dose instructions from anyone, because Dosimetery is a vital part of their curriculum.
Radiography is very vast and technical,
It's easy for a common house officer to look down on a nurse with many years of experience, but the said house officer will be lost in a basic radiography unit.

Sorry, reasonable doctors dont look down on nurses. You see those ones beefing nurses and other health workers... they are weak doctors with nothing on their head other than some bragging rights. We are trained to even learn some procedures from them. I could remember one of the senior doctors telling us students to learn giving IM from the nurses cos he said no body will teach us. So, I respect nurses and other health workers.

Attached herein is a standing order in the UK as regards who is to give Radiotherapy. EoD

eben28:



First a nurse wud and will always work under the supervision of a doctor i.e extremely subservant to doctors bwhile Radiographers work with mutual respect and in some cases gives directive to doctors who basically know little or nothing about medical imaging

Secondly nurse cannot build or supervise a personal hospital or clinical center without being monitored by doctor while Radiographers can have his/her personal diagnostic as well as therapeutic (treatment) center without doctor

You are dangerously unformed and ridiculously outdated of the happenings in hospital settings. First, nurses have what they call NURSING CARE PLAN. In the care plan, they outline their diagnosis, analyze the disease conditions and work out their treatment modalities which involve both non pharmacological and pharmacological therapies. And it's based on this reason that nurses have licence to open private hospitals and employ any medical staffs they need. They are not under doctors as slaves but rather as partners with the common goal of duty of care.
This cant be said of radiographers that are trained to work in the hospital under the tight supervision of medical doctors. Your duty as a radiographer is to capture radiographic images and develop them as films. The doctors (Radiologists) interprete the films captured by the radiographers and then formulate the diagnosis based on clinical and radiographic experience. I see a lot of you guys in the hospital in the course of my training so, I'm speaking out of experience.

in some cases gives directive to doctors who basically know little or nothing about medical imaging
Also, you are wrong because, all medical doctors passed through radiology posting in 500 Level during medical program. Or are u refereeing to the radiologist doctors who have had 4 to 5 years residency training and you are telling us that your oga no sabi the subject matter? O boy u suppose recieve better cane if u mention this thing outside here.

Thirdly. The esteem of Radiographers are uncompairable that they are referred to as Oracle of Modern Medicine and eagle eye of modern MEDICINE while nurses are merely reference as clinical Messengers.
Oh sorry guy, I think you meant to say that you guys will be Outcast of Modern Medicine. If you like don't go and learn programming languages and add it to your radiography becauses when advances of technology hit you enh...
By the way, Nurses are not mere messengers. This is the wrong perceptions reflective of many uninformed nigerians. Rather, nurses are key allies to doctors in the administration of care to patients. Some times, they remind doctors of drugs or anything the doctor must have forgotten due to many things on the doctor's mind. During surgical operations, they ensure the operations go smoothly. Infact, nurses are the best friend of the doctors because correct the doctors lapses. And more importantly, nurses are the closest to patients giving them the opportunity to obtain favour outside the hospital after a job well done. Unfortunately, many nurses do not tap into this opportunity here in nigeria because of the stressful work conditions in country.

Fourtly evolution of Radiography is not even at it peak yet because it will keep evolving with technology.

Let me lecture you a bit, you see enh... the services of medical technicians/techologies/scientists is fading gradually with advances in technology. With time, stand alone devices to run most of the lab tests are underway and that will send many of the technicians and scientist off the market except you'll start learning to become a developer. To start with, have you heard of POCT which stands for Point of Care Testing? Please read about it if you care. That's the beginning of your nightmares. With more of such developments in the hospital, there will be lesser demand for the services of medical technologies/technician and medical laboratory scientist. You guys have been giving the pathologists (laboratory doctors) serious headache in the lab. But for the nurses, they are indespensable in the health sector, any day anytime.

Fiftly nurse can only treat menial illnesses like maleria and typhoid and they cant diagnose....while radiographers is involved in tratement of malignant illnesses like cancer, infertility and they can diagnose (i.e they do diagnostic and therapeutic)

Again, another error. Nurses treat through their documented Nursing Care Plan while No Radiographers is permitted to perform radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is in the exlusive jurisdiction of Radiologist (Medical Doctors). The day you try radiotherapy without the supervision of the Radiologist, you will face the council and then you risk losing your liscence.

As for the op, please let your passion direct your choice of profession.

Bro I am not trying to belittle Nursing but the fact that you are trying to prove is wrong....have u been in a medical settings b4 ?do u even see how doctors shout on and question nurses? It's never possible with Radiographers. We enjoy mutual respect mbbs do radiological courses in 500l fact but they don't know anything in Radiography what dey have little idea on is Ultrasound the rest zero. I have them as room mates. U said as a nurse u can open hospital the truth is anybody can open hospital even if u are barber but u most employ a doctor to oversee ur hospital as a nurse u ll report to him if not you will be penalized....this is not possible in radio-diagnostic or radiotherapeutic center. Quite alright u can seek the expertise of a doctor because medical field is a chain but he can't oversee ur center

You said we can't treat...it's obvious you don't know anything about Radiography.
We have diagnostic Radiography and therapeutic Radiography which we undergo courses on from 300level to 500l how to calculate the BED admiistration(biological effective dose) and management of the patient no radiologist (doctor) is licensed to administer this radiation dose or else he will be prosecuted his own job is to monitor the recovery processes.

Analyst7:
I prefer radiology
...anything tech rn is next level
And few people are in radiology compared to nursing

Check well....a radiologist is a medical personnel that studies Medicine and Surgery and Specified in a particular field (Radiology).

A Radiographer is just a technician that calibrates machines and read its results.

Just like the difference between an Ophthalmologist and an Optometrist.

eben28:


Sorry, reasonable doctors dont look down on nurses. You see those ones beefing nurses and other health workers... they are weak doctors with nothing on their head other than some bragging rights. We are trained to even learn some procedures from them. I could remember one of the senior doctors telling us students to learn giving IM from the nurses cos he said no body will teach us. So, I respect nurses and other health workers.

Attached herein is a standing order in the UK as regards who is to give Radiotherapy. EoD

Read the last paragraph, you'll see Advanced practitional Radiographer clearly written there.

Amayabor1:


Lol. Which one is "so you are a but more limited in terms of career prospects".

You want to study one course and have multiple careers from the course before?

Calm down love.

Nurses can become specialist nurses, ward matrons and even enter senior hospital administration.

It’s not the same for radiographers. Their skills are more practical and in the field, than in clinical direction and administration

Decimus:

Which hospital(s) pay house officer 280k?

Find out from recent house officers. I know some on 250k

TheOmoney:


Check well....a radiologist is a medical personnel that studies Medicine and Surgery and Specified in a particular field (Radiology).

A Radiographer is just a technician that calibrates machines and read its results.

Just like the difference between an Ophthalmologist and an Optometrist.

Lol, don't you think it's better to ask questions and learn if you don't know much about a subject?
It's even Medical Physicists and Biomedical Engineers that calibrate equipment before a procedure.

Decimus:

Which hospital(s) pay house officer 280k?

Fed hospitals like FMC, teaching hospitals. Basic salary plus call duty, hazard allowance, etc can be up to 250k and above. So it's close to 280k.

Before a radiographer or other medical related courses can earn that amount they must have worked for more than 6years.

TheOmoney:


Check well....a radiologist is a medical personnel that studies Medicine and Surgery and Specified in a particular field (Radiology).

A Radiographer is just a technician that calibrates machines and read its results.

Just like the difference between an Ophthalmologist and an Optometrist.

You are wrong they are not technician....we have x-ray technician separate under us that's 2yrs program. You guys need to read about Radiography or wait to see the profession in 20 years time

eben28:


Find out from recent house officers. I know some on 250k

Ok
You sound like a medical student tho, you'll know better when you graduate and see how a typical hospital setting is.

Lawrencethegoat:
Radiography vs Nursing which is better

Nursing is better. As a qualified registered nurse, there are job opportunities available in the UK and USA. There are also job opportunities in many rich countries. I follow a Nigerian nurse on Tiktok who is based in Finland. She has been there for 7 years.

The better is Nursing..

oluseyiforjesus:
Radiography thank me later

People learn nurse nowadays in hospital but radiography is professional

The question you should ask yourself is, how many Radiography tech are needed in a hospital per shift compare to number of nurses needed per shift. Do the maths and make your choice. Nursing is the best way to go. Plus you can grow in your nursing career.

Radiography is very better

Lawrencethegoat:
Radiography vs Nursing which is better

Lawrencethegoat:
Radiography vs Nursing which is better

Everything depends on your plans. Whether you want to practice in Nigeria or Abroad.

If your plan is to stay here in Nigeria, then, Radiography is the better option. You will earn well. Nurses still suffer from quackery such as the popular "Nurse Eliza". Also those from SON further make their bargaining power very low in the private sector. I have friends in radiography that are covering hospitals for 50-100k because they are not yet radiographers. They are still final year students.
Imagine what it would be when they graduate.
In the private sector, Radiographers earn higher than Nurses. While in government hospitals, salaries are the same.

Nursing has more career progression compared to Radiography.

If your plan is to japa, Omo! Nursing is the way to go!
In the past one year, 5 of my senior Nursing friends have all traveled to either UK or USA with jobs waiting for them. Only 1 for Radiography.
It is easier to japa with a Nursing certificate than Radiography certificate whether with HCPC or not.
Infact, MLS graduates leave the country more than Radiography.

Finally, it all depends on your plan.

Amarisco:


Calm down love.

Nurses can become specialist nurses, ward matrons and even enter senior hospital administration.

It’s not the same for radiographers. Their skills are more practical and in the field, than in clinical direction and administration

Same with Radiography love. They can go on to specialise in ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, radiograph interpretation, computed tomography, mammography, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine.

As for being in senior hospital administration, I agree nurses tend to have the upper hand here, but this advantage occurs mostly in government owned hospitals.

Amayabor1:


Same with Radiography love. They can go on to specialise in ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, radiograph interpretation, computed tomography, mammography, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine.

As for being in senior hospital administration, I agree nurses tend to have the upper hand here, but this advantage occurs mostly in government owned hospitals.

They can even work out of the hospital wall like in Airports for scanning conceived drugs and lugages, oil companies and refinaries, Oceanography even veterinary hospitals(animals) also in military or research institute that deals with nuclear radiation weaponry all these are called (industrial Radiography).....meanwhile the only place nurse is employable is in the hospital unless she go do nanny...lol

Amarisco:


Calm down love.

Nurses can become specialist nurses, ward matrons and even enter senior hospital administration.

It’s not the same for radiographers. Their skills are more practical and in the field, than in clinical direction and administration

They can even work out of the hospital wall like in Airports for scanning conceived drugs and lugages, oil companies and refinaries, Oceanography even veterinary hospitals(animals) also in military or research institute that deals with nuclear radiation weaponry all these are called (industrial Radiography).....

Addition from Oninure.

Decimus:

He's right
Radiography is divided into
Diagnostic Radiography
Therapeutic Radiography

We are not talking about whether Radiography is divided into diagnostic or therapeutic Radiography. We are asking, do Radiographers (Therapeutic R) treat cancers?

Treatment of cancer is not a one man show. It involves many disciplines. It may include Surgeons, Clinical oncologists (called radiation oncologists in the US), pathologists, Medical oncologists,etc.

That the therapeutic radiographer operates the machine that deliver the radiotherapy to patients with cancer doesn't mean he treats cancer.

Amayabor1:


We are not talking about whether Radiography is divided into diagnostic or therapeutic Radiography. We are asking, do Radiographers (Therapeutic R) treat cancers?

Treatment of cancer is not a one man show. It involves many disciplines. It may include Surgeons, Clinical oncologists (called radiation oncologists in the US), pathologists, Medical oncologists,etc.

That the therapeutic radiographer operates the machine that deliver the radiotherapy to patients with cancer doesn't mean he treats cancer.

So what are dey doing?
We specialize in Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy and all of that someone is administering radiation used in killing ur wayward cells u said it not treatment in such a way that if he is not there no one can handle and give the dose by law....because it's life threatening the same radiation use to cure cancer can be used to create cancer and other spill over effects....let me ask u a nurse that give maleria injection and manage it is that not treatment?

I think it's high time u people learnt about Radiography or perhaps the course is still been underated for non-medic like u. The course that is not even up to 20yrs in Nigeria
and it's gaining ground day by day comparedd to mbbs nursing pharmacy and like which are 80yrs+....wait for 5Oyrs Radiography

Amayabor1:


We are not talking about whether Radiography is divided into diagnostic or therapeutic Radiography. We are asking, do Radiographers (Therapeutic R) treat cancers?

Treatment of cancer is not a one man show. It involves many disciplines. It may include Surgeons, Clinical oncologists (called radiation oncologists in the US), pathologists, Medical oncologists,etc.

That the therapeutic radiographer operates the machine that deliver the radiotherapy to patients with cancer doesn't mean he treats cancer.

What does the word therapeutic means?
What happens to cancerous cells when you bombard them with Radiation?
Do you think "machines" are the only source of ionizing radiation?
In Brachytherapy, a Radiotherapist injects a capsule or seed containing radioactive materials like cesium-131 into the site of the tumor to kill the cancerous cells there.
Again if you call someone a radiotherapist and argue that he doesn't carry out treatment, then what does the therapy in the name stands for?

Note: if you are still a student or you are not in the medical profession, just forget about it.