The latest tool in the treatment of cancerous tumours is the Cyber Knife.
The nine linear accelerators now in use at the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, though efficient, cannot perform to the specification of the Cyber Knife. The ‘Knife’ can access the target tumour from a variety of angles by moving all round the patient and applying the necessary dosage of radiation with the greatest accuracy.
As usual Dr. Edwin Aird’s master class presentation to the Community Voice was received with great acclaim.
The DVD of the whole presentation may be borrowed from The Chairman, Joan Davis – 01895 636095.
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What an inspiration he is! Mike Turner at ninety years old is still influential in many spheres, not least in The Community Voice, which he founded some twenty years ago. Now its Life President, after many years as Chairman, he is regarded there with affection and awe. His astute questioning and wide knowledge continue to guide its affairs, an active elder statesman par excellence. At its meeting in February 2010 his special birthday was celebrated with a token gift, a framed photograph of himself, to convey members’ good wishes for many happy and vigorous years ahead. This tough old campaigner still packs a punch - and is still young at heart!
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The new Chemotherapy Suite at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre is nearly completed. At a cost of about£1.5 million It is hoped to see the first patients in March 2010. Most of the funding was by donation and grants, see Professor Gordon Rustin's video on this site. About 1500 patients a year from Hillingdon and the surrounding boroughs will benefit from this 'state of the art facility' More donation are still required as it will cost in the region of £300,000 a year to operate.
Watch this space for the opening ceremony.
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Dr. Paul Nathan, MB.BS. B.Sc.(Hons) BA. PhD. FRCP is a consultant medical oncologist at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. His medical training was in Cambridge and London. He also has a significant background in cancer research and has worked in laboratories in the USA and UK.
He has a specialist interest in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer) and melanoma. He is first author of the UK guidelines for the systemic treatment of renal cell carcinoma, is a member of the National Cancer Research Institute groups for both renal carcinoma and melanoma and is secretary of the UK Melanoma Study Group. He also is a member of the panel currently reviewing the national melanoma guidelines.
He is lead investigator on many clinical trials and has an active research program. His major interests are in the use of targeted therapies to treat advanced renal carcinoma, the development of imaging biomarkers in the management of this disease, and in the development of selective treatments for genetically defined subtypes of melanoma. He has published many papers and contributed to a number of textbooks.
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Part Two
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Hema Ganesh works at Mount Vernon Hospital as a physiological measurement technician 1. She has been working in this field for seven years. Electromyography, (EMG), is located opposite Bioengineering on the first floor of the main building at MVH. The clinic operates two days a week.
The EMG department at Mount Vernon Hospital gives a service to people who have muscle/nerve injuries. Access to this service is through the GP. At hospital the patient will be seen by an orthopaedic consultant, the consultant will send patients to the EMG clinic for a test. The test result is sent back to the orthopaedic consultant for consideration.
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