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Hi-techPBTsystem installed in Harley Street building
Since 2013, Advanced Oncotherapy has pioneered the LIGHT system – described by the company as ‘a breakthrough in proton beam therapy that is transforming radiotherapy’. Here Julian Best, Property Investment and Strategy director at The Howard de Walden Estate, Jonathan Farr and Lee Forrest, Chief Clinical Officer, and Vice-President, Clinical Operations, respectively, at Advanced Oncotherapy, and David Wright, associate at Sonnemann Toon Architects, describe an ambitious project to install the first such system inside listed buildings within a conservation area in London’s Harley Street.
One of the strengths of the LIGHT (Linac for Image Guided Hadron Therapy) system is that it can be installed closer to where their patients live. An excellent example is Advanced Oncotherapy’s new treatment centre in London’s Harley Street Medical Area (HSMA) – a world- class centre of medical excellence in the heart of Marylebone, central London. Renowned for its outstanding patient care, pioneering treatments, and use of cutting-edge technologies, the area is home to more than 5,000 practitioners, small clinics, and full-scale hospitals covering 200 medical specialisms. The Howard de Walden Estate is the major landlord in the HSMA. Its Property Investment and Strategy director, Julian Best, said: “The HSMA is located in one of the world’s most prosperous and well- connected cities. It is within easy reach of London’s five international airports, and is
close to many domestic transport hubs. There are very few places in the world quite so accessible to patients and staff. This was one of the key reasons that the HSMA was chosen by Advanced Oncotherapy as the ideal location to install its first LIGHT system.”
Advanced Oncotherapy’s core focus is to develop and supply technologies that maximise the destructive effect of radiation on tumours, while minimising damage to the patient’s healthy tissues. Proton beam therapy is a very exciting treatment which does both, but access has been limited due to the costs and size of equipment – until now. Advanced Oncotherapy’s LIGHT system has been designed to reduce the size and cost of a project, while providing an improved quality of life for patients. Julian Best said:
“We’ve been working closely with Advanced Oncotherapy and Sonnemann Toon Architects to make the project a reality, and build a facility to house the pioneering LIGHT system. Thanks to the technology’s modular build and lighter weight, the LIGHT system has been designed to reduce the construction cost of the facility required to house it. Accordingly, it can make proton beam therapy more accessible for patients, as it can be brought into urban locations.”
Demolition of two mews houses and digging up part of the road in order to excavate below. 86 Health Estate Journal September 2020
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