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Radiotherapy

The radiotherapy treatment comes from an electrical machine called a ‘Linear accelerator’ and is directed as a beam to the part of the body that needs to be treated. Treatment is given daily over a period of days or weeks and you may hear people call these treatments ‘fractions’. They are just a fraction of your treatment dose and plan.

Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is a biological therapy and type of targeted treatment that boosts the patient’s natural defence, the immune system, and enables it to find and destroy cancer cells found in the body. At Rutherford Cancer Centres, we use several different types of immunotherapy in the treatment of cancer, in order to prevent cells growing and replicating or spreading around the body.

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy at the Rutherford takes place in our modern therapy suites, consisting of up to ten treatment areas offering treatment for haematology/oncology patients requiring systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) and supportive care in an outpatient setting. The infusion therapy suites are available for patients undergoing treatment for breast, urology, upper and lower gastrointestinal cancers, and both malignant and non-malignant haematology disorders.

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Opening of Rutherford Cancer Centre Thames Valley brings proton therapy to Reading

Cancer care in the South of England took a significant step forward, with the opening of the Rutherford Cancer Centre Thames Valley

Home News & Events News Opening of Rutherford Cancer Centre Thames Valley brings proton therapy to Reading

Cancer care in the South of England took a significant step forward today with the opening of the Rutherford Cancer Centre Thames Valley (3rd October).

The centre will offer high energy proton beam therapy to cancer patients as part of a comprehensive range of treatments.

The Rutherford Cancer Centre Thames Valley has formally opened its doors to patients upon receiving Care Quality Commission (CQC) approval in order to treat patients for a range of cancer treatments including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy and imaging services. Patients who may require proton beam therapy will be assessed at the Rutherford Cancer Centre Thames Valley for treatment at the Rutherford Cancer Centre South Wales which is 90 minutes by car along the M4. Proton beam therapy treatment will be available in the Thames Valley Centre in the second half of 2019.

Mike Moran, chief executive officer of Proton Partners International which operates the Rutherford Cancer Centres, said: “We are delighted to open our third Rutherford Cancer Centre in Reading and bring the most advanced cancer care to those in the South East. It is gratifying to see the speed at which each centre has been established, and our ultimate aim is to have a Rutherford Cancer Centre within 90 minutes of 75% of the UK population within the next three years.

“Reading is not only a dynamic city with a thriving healthcare and biotech scene, but one which is excellently located for patients to travel from Heathrow or other travel hubs. We see our Thames Valley centre as a gateway to proton beam therapy treatment, both for the UK as a whole and for patients from abroad.”

Proton Partners International’s first centre, the Rutherford Cancer Centre South Wales in Newport, was the first clinic in the UK to treat a patient with high energy proton beam therapy in April this year. Since then, the centre has seen an increasing demand for the treatment, which previously could only be accessed by travelling to the USA or mainland Europe.

The Rutherford Cancer Centre Thames Valley is the first place in Europe to feature the Veritas SmartVue® Natural Light Window System, which is the first pre-engineered system of its kind to offer a window to the outside world within a radiotherapy room without the risk of exposure to radiation. The wall-length window allows patients a view of the ‘living wall’ garden before treatment begins and then covers securely to prevent radiation leaks. This is a marked change from the usual isolated radiation rooms which must be kept entirely separate with no link to the outside world.

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