ICR and The Royal Marsden form part of new radiotherapy research network after receiving major new funding 04 Nov 2019 A new radiotherapy network will unite seven centres across the UK to pioneer the use of the latest technologies, creating a global hub for radiotherapy research. Find out more Show/Hide
Gut bacteria ‘fingerprint’ predicts radiotherapy side effects 01 Oct 2019 Taking a ‘fingerprint’ of the mix of bacteria in the gut can indicate how susceptible individual cancer patients are to gut damage as a result of radiotherapy for prostate and gynaecological cancers, a new study shows. Find out more Show/Hide
ESMO 2019: Largest ever trial in postoperative prostate cancer patients confirms that men can be spared radiotherapy after surgery 27 Sep 2019 Men with prostate cancer can be spared radiotherapy after surgery, according to late breaking results from a study presented at the ESMO Congress in Barcelona. Find out more Show/Hide
Targeted prostate cancer radiotherapy technique could cut treatment time from two months to two weeks 17 Sep 2019
New radiotherapy system that moves patients in sync with x-ray beam can deliver accurate treatment for brain cancer 14 May 2019
Call for hospitals to use high-tech scans to diagnose prostate cancers when they can still be cured 17 Nov 2018
ESMO 2018: Cancer trial shows treating the prostate directly with radiotherapy improves survival 22 Oct 2018
Fewer but larger radiation doses cause similarly low side-effects as conventional breast cancer radiotherapy 21 Oct 2018
Women report fewer adverse side-effects from partial or reduced breast radiotherapy, reveals major study 22 Mar 2018