By Professor Andy Turner
More and more people are surviving cancer in the UK due to improvements in treatment and diagnosis.
Phantom Radiotherapy
The work carried out in Coventry within the MAESTRO European project on Methods and Advanced Equipment for Simulation and Treatment in Radiation Oncology (MAESTRO) has demonstrated that it is possible to reduce the amount of radiation dose delivered to healthy tissues during radiotherapy treatment by compensating for organ motion using a standard treatment couch.