SABR consortium gathers to share knowledge

Cancer experts at the ninth UK SABR meeting included consortium chair Matthew Hatton, guest speaker Max Dahele, SABR lung clinician Dr Chinnamani Eswar, chair of clinical oncology Professor Mike Brada, consultant in clinical oncology Dr Brian Haylock and guest speaker Joost Nuyttens.

Cancer specialists from across Europe have visited The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Wirral to share their knowledge on an increasingly in-demand radiotherapy treatment.  More than 100 delegates made up of clinical oncologists, physicists and radiographers attended the ninth UK stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) consortium meeting.

Guest speakers at the event were international experts Joost Nuyttens and Max Dahele from the Netherlands.  Nuyttens, a radiation oncologist at the VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, said: “Clatterbridge is held in high regard locally and internationally and has a long tradition of therapy innovations, so it is the ideal host for this meeting.  It has a strong SABR team and plays a key role in promoting the technique in the UK for the benefit of patients.”

See the full report on page 12 of the February 2015 issue of RAD Magazine.