An incredible amount of money raised by RosemereCF and already having a big impact for those receiving radiotheraphy treatment at LancsHospitals
Mr Hill said: “The response from local people has been quite overwhelming when you consider the current economic climate and cost of living crisis.Rosemere Cancer Foundation’s Guiding Light Appeal launched just last spring to fund the equipment for SGRT – Surface Guided Radiotherapy Treatment – and cover its installation costs in six out of the seven radiotherapy treatment rooms at Rosemere Cancer Centre at the Royal Preston Hospital.
Mr Hill explained: “Rosemere Cancer Centre is now the biggest single site SGRT centre in the whole country and joins what is still sadly a small number of just 15 specialist cancer centres able to offer SGRT, which is basically a“It uses a non invasive near infra-red light to pinpoint with sub mm accuracy the optimal radiotherapy treatment area.
Since January, it has been used in the treatment of breast cancer patients with plans to now start rolling it out to other patients, starting with lung cancer patients.
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