Clinical research on radiotherapy treatment

Radiotherapy is a treatment where radiation is used to kill cancer cells. It can be used to either cure the cancer (radical treatment) or to help relieve symptoms when a cure is not possible (palliative treatment). Radiotherapy is considered the most effective cancer treatment after surgery.

Research is continuing to try to improve radiotherapy treatments and reduce side effects.

Radiotherapy trials

Radiotherapy trials can be used to:

  • Identify the optimum treatment dose that gives greatest tumour control and minimal side effects
  • Explore new techniques and technologies
  • Explore its role when combined with other treatments such as chemotherapy and surgery.

The CCTC works closely with the Addenbrooke’s radiotherapy department. Addenbrooke’s houses one of the top-rated radiotherapy services in the UK. The department sees over 200 patients a day and is a specialist referral centre for many of the rarer cancers. This means that, as well as local patients, they see patients from across the region and the UK.

Current open trials in Cambridge

The radiotherapy trials team cross-cover many different treatment sites. If you are a patient and want to know more about radiotherapy trials relevant to you, please click on the relevant treatment site.

Staff

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Department of Oncology
University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Department of Oncology
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Department of Oncology
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Department of Oncology
Titlesort descending Trial description Contact name Trial end date Trial start date Trial tumour type
Best-Of Phase III study assessing the "Best-Of" radiotherapy compared to the "Best-Of" surgery (trans-oral surgery (TOS) in patients with T1-T2, N0 oropharyngeal carcinoma Dr Ekpemi Irune 1 Jan 2026 17 Nov 2020 Head & neck
CompARE Trial Phase III randomised controlled trial Comparing Alternative Regimens for escalating treatment of intermediate and high-risk oropharyngeal cancer Dr Rashmi Jadon 31 Jan 2026 5 Mar 2019 Head & neck
EMBRACE-II Image guided intensity modulated External beam radiochemotherapy and MRI based adaptive BRAchytherapy in locally advanced CErvical cancer Dr Li Tee Tan 30 Jun 2024 7 Nov 2017 Gynaecological
PACE-C International randomised study of prostatectomy vs stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and conventional radiotherapy vs SBRT for organ-confined prostate cancer Dr Alex Martin 26 Apr 2026 5 Feb 2020 Prostate
ROAM Radiation versus observation following surgical resection of atypical meningioma: A randomised controlled trial Dr Sarah Jefferies 30 Apr 2025 17 Nov 2016 Brain and CNS