Category: Treatments
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Many NHS MRI machines are out of date according to a recent report
The report discovered that up to 63% of 111 English hospital trusts have at least one scanner that is a decade old, the point where the technology ideally should be scrapped and replaced with upgraded machines.
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Sheffield Children’s Hospital pioneers new ‘sat nav’ of the brain to map tumours
Sheffield Children’s hospital is leading the use of an intraoperative MRI scanner combined with new brain mapping software to identify if they have removed all of the tumour while the patient is still in theatre.
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NHS proton beam centres aim to treat a “game-changing” 1,500 patients a year
Two new NHS proton beam centres have commenced construction with planners claiming they could treat 1,500 patients a year.
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‘Why do clinical trials matter?’
“Clinical trials are essential to giving brain tumour patients more of life’s best moments because we cannot get better treatment without them.” – Ken, who had a glioblastoma removed in 2014, is now on a clinical trial.
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Doctors should order fewer ‘inappropriate’ diagnostic tests
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges’ document Choosing Wisely – which has been widely reported in the media – says doctors should work with patients to cut out treatments and procedures which are of ‘questionable value’.