Radiotherapy department reaches significant milestone for Adaptive Radiotherapy

The radiotherapy department at St Luke’s Cancer Centre, Guildford has reached a significant milestone for delivering cutting-edge treatments. The team have just delivered the 1000th fraction of online adaptive radiotherapy using the Varian Ethos machine. The state-of-the-art linac uses AI to generate patient contours and streamlines the workflow to allow a new plan to be…

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New publication on implementing adaptive radiotherapy for cervical cancer patients

You can now read the recently published work completed in the radiotherapy department on how they have implemented online adaptive radiotherapy for cervical cancer patients using the Varian Ethos system. A truly MDT approach was needed, and the entire team worked tirelessly to ensure a safe initial implementation and this service is now routinely offered…

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Perfectly formed ‘second skin’ will improve radiation treatment for cancer patients

A new 3D printer has been installed in the radiotherapy department. Mark Long and Matt Bolt are leading the introduction of the new technology to help in treating disease close to the skin with radiotherapy. This innovative technology will help increase the accuracy and effectiveness of the radiotherapy treatments received by the patients. The department…

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Royal Surrey’s Adaptive Radiotherapy featured in radmagazine

The December 2022 issue of radmagazine features a discussion centred around the Royal Surrey’s experience with the Varian Ethos system to delivery daily online adaptive radiotherapy. Authored by Rachel Hollingdale, Matthew Bolt and Charlotte Shelley, the full article is available here: https://www.radmagazine.com/scientific-article/online-cbct-based-adaptive-planning-and-treatment/

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Radiotherapy physics vacancies in Guildford

We have three Clinical Scientist vacancies, working within the Radiotherapy team at St Luke’s Cancer Centre in Guildford, Surrey: Band 7 Registered Clinical Scientist x 2: NHS jobs ref C9384-AGB-EMF12472 Band 8A Senior Clinical Scientist: NHS jobs ref C9384-AGB-EMF12474 The successful candidates will provide scientific support across external beam treatment planning, dosimetry/QA, and brachytherapy, with…

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Radiotherapy department host its first SEPNet student

This year was the first time the radiotherapy department had hosted a summer placement student organised through the South East Physics network (SEPNet). More information can be found about the placements here: https://www.sepnet.ac.uk/for-students/sepnet-summer-placement-scheme-information-students/ The placement was for 8 weeks and undertaken by Katie Ryan who had recently graduated from Southampton University with a BSc in Physics…

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Scientists take on Parkrun

Some of the scientists from across the Medical Physics department recently met up for a social jog at Guildford Parkrun. This was of course followed by cake! Hopefully this will become a more regular event, keeping the body healthy and the mind clear with some outdoor exercise.

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