radiotherapy

Joe Maslen has been named Apprentice of the Year at the Skills for Health Our Health Heroes Awards for his work as a radiotherapy apprentice assistant practitioner at Charing Cross Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.…
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Staff at Leeds Cancer Centre have celebrated the official opening of an MRI simulator that is expected to greatly improve radiotherapy treatment at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The high definition images produced by the Philips MRI…
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The radiotherapy team at Royal Derby Hospital has won a national award for improving outcomes for more than a thousand cancer patients, through the use of surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT). The tattoo-free radiotherapy treatment won the…
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Radiotherapy apprentice Joe Maslen has been named as a finalist for the national Our Health Heroes awards, delivered by Skills for Health. Maslen joined the radiotherapy department at Charing Cross Hospital, London, part of Imperial…
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The radiotherapy team at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust says it has become the first UK hospital to deliver its 1,000th adaptive treatment to cancer patients using AI. Penelope Silk received the 1,000th treatment and said: “I’m halfway…
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A leaflet informing patients about the healthcare professionals involved in their radiotherapy journey has been produced by the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM). It highlights the multidisciplinary nature of the…
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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…
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Following an announcement in October 2022, Civco Radiotherapy confirmed that the company would be joining forces with Qfix to create one company with one mission: To improve care and outcomes for patients and providers through a passion for…
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The Advanced Radiotherapy Summer School will be returning for its seventh year on Tuesday, June 27 - Thursday, June 29, 2023. This is a face-to-face event which will take place at The Christie School of Oncology based at The Christie NHS…
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Spain’s Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología (IVO) has conducted its first simulated therapy for brain metastases using RTsafe’s PseudoPatient. This patient-specific quality assurance process comprises an anatomically faithful model…
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