The Bristol Evening Post reports:
A BRISTOL doctor has welcomed the support of a group of volunteers who have pledged to raise £2 million for a machine to treat thousands of people with cancer.
The Friends of Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre has pledged to raise the money to buy the state-of-the-art radiotherapy machine which will treat dozens of patients a day...
About 30 to 40 patients have radiotherapy in each of the six linac machines at the hospital every day.
A treatment that currently takes about ten minutes with the older machines could be reduced to as little as two minutes with the new.
Dr Beasley said that the new machine will be able to better target the area of the body affected by cancer and less likely to harm other tissue or organs, while also accounting for the way that parts of the body move.
A CT scanner in the machine will be able to improve the precision and account for breathing and the movement of the bowels and other organs to ensure the radiation is delivered accurately during each treatment...
To support the Friends of Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre in their appeal to fund the new machine call 0117 342 3432, visit www.friends bhoc.org.uk or donate at justgiving. com/fbhoc.
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