MR-linac

A father from Cheshire has become one of the first patients in the world to take part in a study by researchers working at The Christie, Manchester, to measure the amount of oxygen in their tumour. Hypoxic cancers are more challenging to treat successfully, particularly when radiotherapy is given. By measuring the amount of oxygen […]

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 scans while x-ray beams target the tumour, making it more accurate and reducing side effects. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic […]

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 […]

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 first) will allow the radiotherapy team to administer contrast agent to aid in tumour and organ at risk (OAR) visualisation […]

A Stockport woman is set to become the first patient in the world to be treated for cervical cancer entirely using state-of-the-art radiotherapy at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. Karen Hall, who lives in Offerton, will receive a full course of this radiotherapy delivered using the Elekta Unity MR-linac. Hall was diagnosed after going to […]

The UK’s first ViewRay MRIdian MR-linac has gone live at GenesisCare Oxford and delivered its first fully online-adaptive treatments to patients in December. Working non-stop for two months meant that the project team completed the fastest installation and commissioning of a MRIdian linac so far and met the go-live date. Senior radiographer Tejal Patel explained […]

Earlier this year, I attended the Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (ASMIRT) 2019 conference in Adelaide, Australia, to give a presentation about my experience using the MR-linac at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in Surrey.  Elekta invited me to attend after seeing my NHS Twitter takeover last year, which coincided with […]

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 implementation of the UK’s first MR-linac took place when healthy volunteer Ross Lydall of the Evening Standard was imaged as […]