The Royal Marsden Hospital

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, has installed a Philips Azurion 7 ceiling-mounted M20 interventional radiology (IR) system, following funding from The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and the legacy of Dame Deborah James. Dame Deborah, known on social media as ‘Bowelbabe,’ was treated at The Royal Marsden for incurable bowel cancer and IR played […]

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has become the first hospital in the world to treat a patient using an advanced radiotherapy planning system from RaySearch Laboratories. The technology introduces online adaptive radiotherapy (oART), which enables clinicians to make same-day adjustments to a treatment plan, while the patient is on the treatment bed. Treatment is […]

AI could be approximately twice as accurate as a biopsy at grading the aggressiveness of some sarcomas, according to research from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London. Results from the study published in The Lancet Oncology suggest that a new AI algorithm could help tailor the treatment […]

Lead research therapeutic radiographer Dr Helen McNair at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is at the forefront of an opportunity to support more radiographers into research. The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded funding to Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre for three years for the establishment of the Diagnostic […]

Men with prostate cancer are less likely to experience urinary and sexual side effects two years after treatment with an advanced type of radiotherapy than with surgery, according to researchers from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London. The PACE-A study compares the long-term side effects of stereotactic […]

Magnetic Resonance Image Guided Radiotherapy (MRIgRT) course – The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. September 26 – 27, 2022 Early bird registration fee before August 1, 2022 Click here for further information and registration. Or email caroline.saunders@icr.ac.uk. The MRIgRT course is an opportunity to broaden your understanding of the […]

Therapeutic radiographers in The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust’s MR-linac unit have started treating patients for the first time without a clinical oncologist present, following a training and supervision programme. The Royal Marsden, London, has been at the forefront of MR-linac treatments since the first UK patient was treated more than three years ago. The […]

The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity is running a Dragon’s Den-style initiative to make staff ideas a reality in order to improve patient experiences. Loosely based on the BBC TV programme, the Innovation Den is a forum in which staff are encouraged to put forward their ideas to help enhance patient experience and safety. After an […]