Manchester

A grandfather of three has become the UK’s first lung cancer patient to benefit from Elekta MR-linac radiotherapy treatment at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. Barry Staniforth was treated using the equipment that performs real-time MR…
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A rugby-mad teenager who was told he had cancer on his 15th birthday is celebrating the end of his proton beam therapy (PBT) after becoming the 2,000th person in the UK to benefit from the treatment. Ryan Scutt was diagnosed with…
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Radiotherapy is a highly effective local anti-cancer treatment delivered to around 50-60 per cent of cancer patients.  Installation of the Bayer-Medrad contrast injector on The Christie's Unity MR linear accelerator (believed to be a world…
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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has formed a 15-year technology partnership with Siemens Healthineers in order to transform patient care delivery across eight hospital sites. The partnership will ensure the provision and…
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A new region-wide approach to analysing x-rays, MRI and CT scans, mammography and other diagnostic images is starting to take shape, as The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust becomes the first of eight trusts across Greater Manchester to…
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The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester is to install 11 surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) systems from Vision RT. The systems will be installed across all four Christie treatment centres and integrated into existing Varian and…
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Eight NHS trusts across Greater Manchester have taken an important step in a new region-wide imaging approach that will enable faster diagnoses for millions of patients, following the signing of a contract with medical imaging IT company…
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Held at the Mercure Hotel in Manchester and attracting more than 40 delegates, Philips’ CT study day received positive feedback, with a request for it to become a regular event. The CPD-accredited meeting was aimed at radiologists,…
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The Society and College of Radiographers CT Leads Special Interest Group (CTLSIG) held its third meeting in Manchester in June. Sponsored by Philips UKI, the event was an opportunity for CT leads to meet, share and discuss best practice to…
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Patients from The Christie shared their experiences of having proton beam therapy (PBT) and radiotherapy with around 1,200 worldwide experts in particle therapy. Sophie Vohra, Georgia Wood-Wareing an Ashleigh O’Hara spoke to delegates in…
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