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Optimised IMRT can help reduce swallowing difficulties for head and neck cancer patients

Katherine Powell Jul 30, 2020

An optimised intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) pioneered at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has been shown to spare adverse life-long side effects in head and neck cancer…
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First patient in the UK receives treatment on MR-linac system

Katherine Powell Oct 23, 2018 0

Senior therapy radiographer Trina Herbert, lead research radiographer Dr Helen McNair and MR-linac radiographer Gillian Smith. The Royal Marsden and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, have delivered the first treatment in the UK…
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Royal Marsden covers upgrade period with Europe’s first mobile equipped with Flow PETCT scanner

Katherine Powell Sep 5, 2018 0

InHealth PETCT business director Mark Gleeson with trust consultant in nuclear medicine Professor Wim Oyen. Courtesy of James Leask Frazer, Area1Photography. The Royal Marsden in Chelsea has been using an interim mobile PETCT solution…
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First healthy volunteer scanned by MR-linac

LBT Jan 12, 2018 0

MR lead radiographer Dr Cynthia Eccles and lead research radiographer Dr Helen McNair with Evening Standard health editor Ross Lydall. On the eve of The International Day of Radiography, an important milestone in the clinical…
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The first Calypso arrives in the UK

LBT Jun 21, 2010 0

Pictured following the handover of a Calypso patient movement tracking system to the Radiotherapy Group at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton, Surrey, are (from left) Vertec sales…
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