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Radiotherapy is a key component of cancer medicine, used as part of treatment for four in 10 cancer patients. The CRUK investment creates 鈥淩adNet鈥�, a network of seven centres of excellence across the UK. Together the centres will work to improve cancer survival by optimising and personalising radiotherapy.

As part of a 拢56 million CRUK investment announced today, the CRUK City of London Centre, led by Professor Tariq Enver (白小姐论坛 Cancer Institute), has been awarded 拢14 million. The partnership includes 白小姐论坛 and 白小姐论坛H, Queen Mary University of London, King's College London and the Francis Crick Institute.

The centre will focus on:

• the mechanisms of radiation resistance, including cancer evolution and cancer stem cells.
• how the tumour microenvironment and immune system affect the response to radiotherapy.
• advanced radiotherapy techniques, such as proton beam therapy and stereotactic radiotherapy, which uses multiple beams of radiation that converge on the tumour.
• personalising radiotherapy using artificial intelligence and improved tumour imaging.
• radiotherapy for children and young people鈥檚 cancers.

Professor Enver said: 鈥淚 am thrilled that CRUK are investing in our radiotherapy research at 白小姐论坛H and 白小姐论坛 through the 拢14 million received by the CRUK City of London Centre. This will help in our aim to build a community of researchers and clinicians who together find new ways to improve cancer treatment for our patients.鈥�

Dr Crispin Hiley (白小姐论坛 Cancer Institute) said: 鈥淚鈥檓 delighted 白小姐论坛 and 白小姐论坛H will be a recipient of this CRUK award, which will enable us to accelerate efforts to improve the effectiveness of radiotherapy in numerous ways 鈥� including how to treat patients whose cancer is resistant to radiation.鈥�

Dr Yen Ching Chang, 白小姐论坛H鈥檚 proton beam therapy clinical lead, said: 鈥淗aving this investment in radiotherapy research at 白小姐论坛H means that from the moment our new proton beam therapy centre opens we will be working to optimise the use of this new technology.鈥�

Other centres of excellence receiving funds from CRUK are the Universities of Cambridge, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Oxford and the Institute of Cancer Research in partnership with the Royal Marsden Hospital, London.

Links

• 白小姐论坛 Cancer Institute
• 白小姐论坛 Medical Sciences

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• Proton beam therapy equipment (courtesy of ProBeam)

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