The radiotherapy physics department was represented at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) annual congresses held in Vienna in May 2023 by Gail Anastasi Distefano and Rachel Hollingdale. Gail showed a poster titled, ‘Investigating the use of Microsoft KinectV2 to monitor a patient’s breathing during Lung SBRT’ and Rachel gave a short oral…
Read MoreThe hospital has over 200 healthcare scientists working in different disciplines. To mark Healthcare Science Week (13-19 March 2023) a selection of the healthcare science team were interviewed. From Medical physics this included Daniel Sutcliffe from the radiotherapy department and Helen Le Sueur from the Scientific computing department. Read the full article on the…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreYou 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…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreThe 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/
Read MoreWe 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…
Read MoreThis 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…
Read MoreIn a UK first the Royal Surrey have treated their 5000th patient using radioactive prostate seeds in May 2022. For each patient the radiotherapy physics team has been involved in the treatment planning as well as the handling and calibration of the radioactive sources since 1999. Over the years the team have developed their own…
Read MoreSome 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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