Overview
- Callard had urgent hospital tests on Thursday that ruled out a blood clot and found a cyst behind her right knee.
- She met the radiotherapist at St Luke’s and was told she will have 10 sessions of radiotherapy delivered as five consecutive days, a weekend break, then five more days.
- A mapping scan and scheduling must still take place before treatment can start, so clinicians have not set an exact first‑day for radiotherapy.
- Medical staff and Callard say the delay was partly caused by transferring records after her move from England to Ireland and that clinicians think radiotherapy should have begun earlier.
- Radiotherapy is commonly used after breast‑conserving surgery to reduce recurrence risk, so the key next developments to watch are the mapping scan appointment and the confirmed treatment dates that will determine when she resumes therapy.