Cancer Patients to receive new therapy in Northern Ireland
Health Minister Simon Hamilton has announced that patients will be able to avail of an innovative new treatment to help tackle cancer in Northern Ireland, rather than have to travel to England. The necessary funding has been earmarked to further develop Northern Ireland’s capacity to deliver stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) which offers the potential for better cure rates and improved sparing of normal organs. Speaking about the announcement, Minister Hamilton said, “By the end of the year, my Department will have invested over £75million in the fight to tackle cancer in Northern Ireland, in the areas of specialist cancer nurses, a new radiotherapy unit in Altnagelvin, diagnostics and the launch of an acute oncology service. “Investment in SABR, from my Transformation Fund, will allow us to treat more patients more effectively and with better outcomes. Clinicians use SABR to treat small, well defined tumours that are deep within the body by directing beams from more angles than other types of radiotherapy. “The treatment can therefore target the tumour with a high degree of precision with the tumour getting the full dose and a much lower dose to the surrounding normal tissues.”Article continues below:


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