radiotherapy

Consultants at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, are at the forefront of research into whether intervening with radiotherapy immediately following surgery to treat pathological fractures reduces pain significantly, compared to no intervention. Approximately 70 per cent of people with advanced breast and prostate cancer develop secondary bone cancer. The disease weakens the […]

Submitted by chair Dr Keith Langmack and the Reverend Canon Dr Mike Kirby of the BIR’s radiotherapy and oncology special interest group committee In 2020, The British Institute of Radiology’s radiotherapy and oncology special interest group committee received requests from industry partners and radiotherapy professionals to hold a focused, multidisciplinary national meeting solely on radiotherapy […]

Cancer care specialist GenesisCare’s Nottingham centre has reopened after a refurbishment that includes an Elekta Evo linac. The system provides precision radiotherapy treatment with advanced imaging and motion management, minimising the potential of damage to healthy tissue. It will be used for treating patients with many types of cancer, including brain, lung, breast and prostate, […]

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to receive a state-of-the-art radiotherapy system as part of a wider national government investment. The linac will replace an older system at Weston Park Cancer Centre (WPCC). The trust is one of 28 hospitals across the country to have been awarded the government funding, which has prioritised replacement […]

The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) is the only radiotherapy cancer centre in Uganda for a population of around 45 million people. The UCI has a vision to build a sustainable high quality radiotherapy service with a team of committed staff .Uganda’s Government has made a significant investment in radiotherapy services over the past years and […]

At this year’s ESTRO Congress in Vienna, Austria, Micropos Medical hosted a seminar on augmented stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), a concept encompassing technologies for motion tracking and enhanced methods for accuracy in radiotherapy for prostate cancer, with a focus on treatment outcomes and quality of life. The seminar brought together experts in the field […]

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 […]

Leeds Cancer Centre at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has taken a step forward in radiotherapy planning with the upgrade of a Philips Ingenia Evolution 1.5T MRI to include SmartSpeed technology. In July, it became one of the first radiotherapy centres in the world, alongside others in Japan and the Netherlands, to use SmartSpeed clinically. […]