radiotherapy

Join Radformation and OIS in Manchester for a dedicated educational meeting exploring the operational and clinical challenges facing radiotherapy departments today. Bringing together clinical oncologists, physicists, dosimetrists, and therapeutic radiographers from across the UK and Ireland, the meeting will focus on practical approaches to improving efficiency, consistency, and clinical insight throughout the radiotherapy workflow. As […]

Custom bolus solutions have become more common in radiotherapy practice, particularly as departments seek improved conformity to anatomy and greater dosimetric accuracy for superficial targets, says CDR Systems, which produces Lumora mouldable bolus material. Additive manufacturing has enabled production of patient-specific bolus devices based on CT simulation data, providing an alternative to sheet bolus materials, […]

Radiotherapy treatment at Weston Park Cancer Centre, Sheffield, has been significantly improved with the arrival of two state-of-the-art linacs. Installed at the facility as part of a £7m government investment, the technology will help patients across the region access faster and more precise radiotherapy. Unlike traditional machines, the new Varian Halcyon with Hypersight linac delivers […]

Weston Park Cancer Centre’s radiotherapy remote monitoring team has been named the British Association of Urological Nurses’ Urology Team of the Year after successfully implementing a remote monitoring service and nurse-led escalation clinic for prostate cancer patients receiving follow-up care after intensive radiotherapy treatment. The service in Sheffield, which aligns with the NHS 10-Year Health […]

Micropos Medical has entered into an agreement with Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff to implement the tumour-tracking Raypilot system, enabling high precision radiation therapy for prostate cancer. As part of the collaboration at the site, lead radiation oncologist Dr Nachi Palaniappan and his team will implement augmented stereotactic body radiation therapy (ASBRT), with the ultimate […]

Bolus is one of the most widely used tools in external beam radiotherapy, yet it remains one of the most operationally challenging, says medical equipment manufacturer CDR Systems. As radiotherapy advances towards greater precision, tighter margins and adaptive techniques, expectations for surface dose accuracy and reproducibility have increased. However, many clinics rely on flat sheets […]

Treatment with augmented stereotactic body radiotherapy (ASBRT) and the Raypilot system has begun at St Luke’s Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. The first patient was treated with a team from manufacturer Micropos Medical present on site. St Luke’s Hospital has entered into a rental agreement for the Raypilot system in order to evaluate the technology while […]

Radiation treatment following surgery can be safely omitted in thyroid cancer patients whose disease is at low risk of returning, new study findings show. The Iodine or Not (IoN) study, which ran across 33 UK cancer centres including Weston Park Cancer Centre, Sheffield, set out to establish whether patients with low risk thyroid cancer could […]