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MR-guided VMAT – a case of when not if?

MR-guided radiotherapy is now being delivered in tens of centres around the world, with clinicians, clinical scientists, researchers, engineers and dual-trained radiographers working collaboratively to share their growing experience. The potential advantage of doing so is clear: the radiotherapy treatment will be based on a real-time picture of patient anatomy at high spatial resolution, with […]

Steven Jackson, Dr Rob Chuter

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, University of Manchester

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Verification imaging for breast and nodal breast diseases: a Varian user’s experience

The complexity of radiotherapy for breast cancer has increased in recent years with the introduction of more conformal techniques such as IMRT (intensity-modulated radiation therapy) and VMAT (volumetric modulated arc therapy). Furthermore, sequential treatments such as photon boosts are now increasingly integrated into the whole breast treatment. MV imaging was, and is for many departments, […]

Louise Turtle, Robert Brass

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust

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Measuring and explaining CBCT dose safety limits in radiotherapy: the Barts experience

Radiotherapy treatments typically deliver between 2Gy and 6Gy per day to treat patients with cancer. When dealing with such high radiation doses, safety and accuracy are paramount to ensure good patient outcomes. Over the last two decades, simple conformal treatments have been steadily discarded in favour of the more sculpted dose distributions available from intensity […]

Neda Shiravand, Dr Niall MacDougall

St Bartholomew's Hospital

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Radiotherapy treatment planning

In radical radiotherapy treatment we aim to accurately deliver a lethal dose of radiation to tumour cells while sparing any surrounding normal tissues. Radiotherapy treatment planning is the process undertaken to determine the most appropriate way to deliver the radiation in order to meet the clinical prescription. Rapid advances in technology and computing, particularly in […]

Hayley James

Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

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Arc IMRT for head and neck cancer

Radiotherapy plays an integral role in the treatment of early and locally advanced stage head and neck cancers (HNC). Due to the anatomical location of these tumours and the close proximity to critical structures, the challenge at this tumour site is achieving local control while sparing the organs at risk (OAR), including the spinal cord, […]

Dr Angela Pathmanathan, Dr Teresa Guerrero Urbano

Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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