radiotherapy
AI study aims to improve radiotherapy for lung cancer patients
Posted in Medicine, Science, Software on 13th Sep, 2023
by Alex Muller
NIHR has awarded £2.3 million to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester to conduct a study aimed at reducing heart damage caused by radiotherapy treatment for lung cancer patients. It will determine whether using artificial intelligence (AI) to spare the top of the heart during radiotherapy can help patients live longer.
First UK proton beam therapy trial for breast cancer launches
Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Mar, 2023
by Alex Muller
It will help to determine whether proton beam therapy can help to deliver adequate doses of radiotherapy to breast tissue, while minimising off-target radiation delivered to the heart.
First UK proton beam therapy trial for breast cancer launches
Posted in Medicine on 14th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller
Proton beam therapy has been used in other countries to treat breast cancer, but numbers of participants in these trials are small and there have been no reported trials that directly compare proton beam therapy with standard radiotherapy.