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Cervical cancer treatment world first at The Christie Date published: 10 February 2021
Professor Ananya Choudhury and Dr Cynthia Eccles with the MR-linac
Leading cancer centre The Christie will use state-of-the-art radiotherapy to entirely treat a woman with cervical cancer in a world first.
Karen Hall, 57, of Stockport, will become the first ever patient in the world to be entirely treated for cervical cancer using the MR-guided linear accelerator (MR-linac). It is the first machine of its kind to do real-time MRI scans while it targets X-ray beams at tumours, making it more accurate and reducing side effects.
Being able to more specifically target tumours and avoid more healthy tissue around them means the machine can use target X-rays better.