We are hoping to raise £600,000 to provide a dedicated Brachytherapy Suite at the NNUH.  This would mean bringing treatment closer to home, rather than having to send our patients to Cambridge and beyond for treatment.

Brachytherapy is the placement of radioactive sources inside or near a tumour. As the radiation is delivered internally it doesn’t have to pass through so much normal tissue which results in a reduction of the long term side effects. This also means that the daily dose that patients can receive is significantly higher, therefore resulting in a reduced overall treatment schedule for the patient.

Standard radiotherapy uses radiation directed at the tumour from outside the body so that the radiation travels through normal tissue to get to the tumour. This means that some normal tissue also gets damaged although modern techniques aim to keep this to a minimum.

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