Shorter course of radiotherapy safely delivers treatment for prostate cancer 31 Aug 2021 Advanced radiotherapy technology can safely deliver curative treatment for prostate cancer patients in as few as five sessions, with only minimal side effects, according to new research from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and the ICR. Find out more Show/Hide
First UK clinical trial in proton beam therapy 14 Mar 2021 The first proton beam therapy clinical trial in the UK, co-led by The Institute of Cancer Research, London, is now taking place at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester. Find out more Show/Hide
Long-term safety of radiotherapy in fewer doses for patients with early breast cancer demonstrated in 10-year study 14 Jul 2020 A lower total dose of radiotherapy delivered in fewer but larger doses is as safe in the long term as breast cancer radiotherapy courses giving multiple small doses, according to the final results of a 10-year study. Find out more Show/Hide
ASCO 2020: New optimised precision radiotherapy can reduce swallowing difficulties for head and neck cancer patients 30 May 2020
Practice-changing clinical trial reduces long-term radiotherapy side effects in women with breast cancer 21 Dec 2018
Fewer but larger radiation doses cause similarly low side-effects as conventional breast cancer radiotherapy 21 Oct 2018