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Immunotherapy and radiotherapy

Radiotherapy is a cornerstone of both curative and palliative cancer treatment. Advances in radiotherapy technology and technique have provided incremental gains in the precision and accuracy of treatment delivery. Impetus for these developments has focused on improving tumour targeting with normal tissue avoidance. These spatial gains have provided opportunity for both dose escalation and extreme […]

Dr Shaista Hafeez

The Institute of Cancer Research, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

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Therapeutic ultrasound: a new tool in the treatment of pancreatic cancer

Ultrasound energy propagates as a pressure wave (sound) emitted at a frequency above that of the upper threshold for human hearing. Diagnostic ultrasound scanners have found widespread use in imaging applications where they offer a real-time, non-invasive and non-ionising method of detecting tissues and structures. The premise here is that diagnostic ultrasound, especially as used […]

Dr Petros Mouratidis, Professor Gail ter Haar

The Institute of Cancer Research

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Ultrasound-mediated targeted drug delivery in cancer patients – fact or fiction?

Despite considerable global investment towards prevention and improving outcomes, cancer remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide; as recently as 2010, only a modest decrease (-13.8%) in standardised death rates due to cancer have been observed since 1990. In 2009 cancer cost the European Union $126 billon in healthcare cost and productivity losses […]

Paul Lyon, Prateek Katti

Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford

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