IMRT

Cancer patients at The Royal Marsden in Sutton are now able to benefit from the latest radiotherapy technology following the arrival of a CyberKnife system this summer, funded by The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. The Accuray CyberKnife…
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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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Oncology Systems Limited medical physicist Asia Baginska, IBA customer support specialist Isabel Bong and radiotherapy physicist Dr Wendy Hyland. IBA (Ion Beam Applications SA) has announced the first clinical implementation of Dolphin…
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Royal Marsden Hospital physics QA lead Rollo Moore with Vertec product specialist David White. Royal Marsden Hospital, London, has received a Dose.Point RT-smart IMRT cylinder phantom supplied by Vertec Scientific. Physics QA lead…
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Michelle Leech presents the award for best RTT poster at ESTRO33 to Hayley Chesham. Presentation of research into prostate cancer treatment, carried out by R&D lead dosimetrist at Cancer Partners UK Hayley Chesham, has won an RTT…
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In the back row are trainee physicist Tom Hague, head of radiotherapy Katharine Walker, research physicist Mark Ashburner and radiographers Cecelia Tawse, June Dean and Nicola Robinson.  In front are Elekta applications specialist Ian…
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Staff and past patients gathered at Park Cancer Centre  are manager and lead radiographer Susie McAllister, hospital director Ken Hay, Professor Karol Sikora, Briony Clarke, Cancer Partners UK chief executive Steve Bird, Meg Sutton,…
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Pictured in Durban with a RapidArc are workshop attendees. Clinicians from across Africa attended a week-long workshop sponsored by Varian Medical Systems where image-guided RapidArc IMRT technology was the focus of discussion.…
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