9 www.sor.org SYNERGY NEWS DECEMBER 2013


CRUK wins award for its work on radiotherapy


Cancer Research UK has won a Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) award for its work on radiotherapy. The award is in recognition of the Voice for Radiotherapy campaign which achieved over 36,000 signatures on a petition to the prime minister, calling


for the government to address unequal access to radiotherapy and prompting its investment of £23 million in a Radiotherapy Innovation Fund. The award also recognises the CRUK’s work engaging the radiotherapy community on the impact of the NHS reforms through its


‘Radiotherapy Roadshows’. “This is really great news and supports the work we’ve all being doing, and continue to do, to raise awareness of the benefits of radiotherapy,” says the SoR’s Charlotte Beardmore. “Well done to CRUK


– the radiotherapy community really values your support!”


NEWS


Head to Finland for the ISRRT World Congress


Pictured are Dr Chris Mayes, Professor Sobhan Vinjamuri and doctor Ruth Menghis with the book they wrote three chapters for.


Royal Liverpool’s nuclear medicine team using pioneering cancer treatment


The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is leading the way in the use of a pioneering cancer treatment that can improve and extend the lives of patients. Radionuclide metabolic


therapy has been described as a magic bullet, because of the way it uses molecules that are able to find tumours, latch on to them and kill them, extending the life of the patient and alleviating symptoms and pain.


The Royal is a European centre for the treatment of


neuroendocrine tumours and treats patients from across the UK using the method. A team from the hospital’s nuclear medicine department has written a guide to the therapy for other medical professionals, which was launched at the European Association of Nuclear Medicine’s annual congress in Lyon, France last month.


The authors – Professor Sobhan Vinjamuri, doctors Ruth Menghis and Brian Lowry and Dr Chris Mayes – were invited to contribute three chapters on the


alleviation of bone pain in cancer patients, targeted therapy for inflammatory diseases of the joints and radionuclide therapy for neuroendocrine tumours. Dr Chris Mayes said: “The


use of nuclear medicine techniques to treat disease is developing at a rapid pace and I hope this book will both help to improve the understanding and the use of these invaluable therapies.”


The book is available in a hard copy but an electronic version can be downloaded from bit.ly/17xLne2


Optimising for better care is the theme of the 18th ISRRT World Congress which will be held 12-15 June 2104, in the Finnish capital Helsinki. Rapid and constant development in medical imaging using ionising radiation and therapy challenges us to pay more attention to optimisation. Join the ISRRT in Helsinki to learn and share your knowledge in optimising for better care. The Congress offers workshops and education, along with a chance to network with everyone working within medical imaging, therapy, research and education in radiography and radiotherapy. Programme topics include paediatric imaging, breast


imaging, general radiography, interventional radiography, CT and MRI imaging, quality, dose optimisation, management, education, research, EBR (evidence based radiography), sonography, nuclear medicine, molecular imaging and radiotherapy. Continuing education credits will be pre-assigned to all qualifying educational sessions approved by SORF. Abstract submission is now open and the deadline date


for an oral presentation is 28 February 2014 or for a poster presentation, 28 February 2014. To register, visit bit.ly/1aMFRyX.


Win a free trip to Congress! The ISRRT and Philips are giving one radiographer the opportunity to become the ISRRT DoseWise Radiographer of the Year 2014 – and win a trip to the 2014 Congress in Finland, including sponsorship, flights and accommodation. To enter, visit the DoseWise website (www.dosewise. com) and tell the ISRRT what you have done to improve patient safety by managing radiation. Entries will be assessed over the next few months and the winner will be announced next March at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna.


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