Ahead of the forthcoming 4th Annual Christie Advanced Radiotherapy Summer School in July, we will be producing a series of blog posts with recommended resources.

Day one of the Summer School is all about SABR: Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy.

“SABR uses small, thin beams of radiation directed from different angles that meet at the tumour. This means the tumour gets a high dose of radiation, while the surrounding healthy tissues gets a low dose. This lowers the risk of damaging the healthy normal cells surrounding the tumour.”

(Macmillan, 2019)

RESOURCES from #christieresearchers:

The advanced radiotherapy network (ART-NET) UK lung stereotactic ablative radiotherapy survey: national provision and a focus on image guidance – Brown, Sean; Faivre-Finn, Corinne; van Herk, Marcel – BJR 2019

The potential value of MRI in external-beam radiotherapy for cervical cancer – – Cree, Anthea; Livsey, Jacqueline E; Barraclough, Lisa H; Dubec, Michael; Hambrock, Thomas; van Herk, Marcel; Choudhury, Ananya; McWilliam, Alan – Clin Oncol 2018

Isotoxic intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) – a feasibility study

Open Access:

Study protocol for the SARON trial: a multicentre, randomised controlled phase III trial comparing the addition of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy and radical radiotherapy with standard chemotherapy alone for oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer. – – Faivre-Finn, Corinne – BMJ Open 2018 – Open Access

Articles

ESTRO ACROP consensus guideline on implementation and practice of stereotactic body radiotherapy for peripherally located early stage non-small cell lung cancer.

Meetings and Proceedings

An audit of adaptive radiotherapy in a large centre — Chuter, Robert; Brown, Sean; Whitehurst, Philip: Handley, Julia; Faivre-Finn, Corinne; van Herk, Marcel;

EBooks

FAO Christie Staff: links will take you straight to the content after you log on with Open Athens

Basics of planning and management of patients during radiation therapy a guide for students and practitioners [DawsonEra ebook] – Mukherji, Ashutosh – 1e 2018

Brain metastases from primary tumors, Vol lll [ClinicalKey ebook] – Hayat, M 1e 2016

Principles of neurological surgery [ClinicalKey ebook] – Ellenbogen, Richard – 4th ed 2018

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy [OVID ebook] – eBook – Kavanagh, Brian D Timmerman, Robert D – 2005

Books available in the Christie Library

Clinical oncology – basic principles and practice – Neal, Anthony J and Hoskin, Peter J – 4th ed 2009

Practical radiotherapy planning – Barrett, Ann; Dobbs, Jane et al – 4th ed 2009

Radiation Oncology Management Decisions Chao, K S Clifford; Perez, Carlos A et al

Radiotherapy in practice: brachytherapy – Hoskin, Peter and Coyle Catherine – 2nd ed 2013

Radiotherapy in practice: external beam therapy – Hoskin, Peter – 2nd ed 2012

 

Stereotactic body radiotherapy – Gaya, Andrew and Mahadevan, Anand – 2013

EJOURNALS

British journal of radiology– BARP Section [BIR Archive]  Fulltext: 1924 – present

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics [ClinicalKey eJournal]  Fulltext: 2007- present

MAGMA: Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology & Medicine [EBSCO ejournal] Fulltext: 2011 – Present (12 month embargo)

Radiotherapy and Oncology [ClinicalKey eJournal] – Fulltext: 2007- present

Medical Dosimetry [ClinicalKey eJournal] – Fulltext: 2007- present

Resources for your patients

Cancer Research UK guide to Stereotactic Radiotherapy

Christie Patient Booklets

For more information on the programme, and to secure your spot for the summer school, click here