Spring into STEM: A tight squeeze - motion management in radiotherapy

A tight squeeze - motion management in radiotherapy for patients with abdominal cancers

Radiotherapy is recommended as part of treatment for more than 50% of cancer patients; however, at least one in four people needing radiotherapy do not receive it. It is a treatment option for many patients diagnosed with malignancies in the abdominal region including but not limited to the liver, lower oesophagus and pancreas. It can be particularly difficult to deliver radiotherapy to this region as there is a lot of motion due to breathing and stomach filling. This lecture aims to address some of the motion management approaches to safely and optimally deliver radiotherapy to patients diagnosed with abdominal cancers.

This is an online event and open to all.

About the speaker

Amanda Webster, Research and Development Specialist Therapeutic Radiographer at UCLH

Amanda trained as a Therapeutic Radiographer at Trinity College Dublin and qualified in 2012. She has worked in various centres in the UK and completed her Master’s degree in 2018. She is currently in a split post as a Research and Development Therapeutic Radiographer at UCLH and a CRUK RadNet City of London PhD Student at UCL. She works in an advisory role for RTTQA. Her PhD is focused on “Motion mitigation in abdominal cancers”. She is active in the radiotherapy community and is a member of the yESTRO Committee, BIR Oncology and Radiotherapy Management Group and is an Allied Health Professional Research Champion.

This lecture is part of the 2023 Spring into STEM webinars series from UCL Engineering.

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