Cancer treatment does not start nor end at the radiotherapy centre but is often a fairly lengthy process both leading up to treatment and once…

The increased risk of developing cancers among smokers has been widely publicised over the years, but research has found that those who quit their…

Some patients who need to undergo radiotherapy will be told about linear accelerators, which are also known as linacs. These machines provide external beam…

Radiotherapy can be used against various forms of cancer, but some of the most cutting-edge and precise uses involve brain tumours. There are very…

When a cancer patient undergoes radiotherapy, it is essential that the tumour is targeted precisely. This not only ensures a greater chance of killing…

One of the most important developments ever made in a radiotherapy centre was the invention of stereotactic radiosurgery. Also known as the Gamma Knife method, Lars Leksell’s…

There’s never a good time to be going through cancer treatment, but the summer is especially difficult for those having chemotherapy, as the warm…

For over a century, people who have cancers, lesions and growths have been advised to go to a radiotherapy centre, where one of the…

Modern cancer treatments can be very effective and over half of cancer patients in England and Wales now survive for ten or more years…

Brain tumours come in many forms and the methods of treating them can vary in all sorts of ways. For some, the tumour is…