Clinical research on radiotherapy treatment
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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.
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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.
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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.