Joel Lecture 2019: Treating cancer with radiation

With cancer incidence set to impact 1 in 2 people and mortality at around 50% the need for ever more effective and efficient diagnostic and treatment methods is evident. Radiation therapies have long contributed to the rising numbers of cancer survivors and now treat almost half of the UK’s cancer patients. But what more can be done with radiation therapies? After 100 years do we now know all there is to know? Can we expect any big steps forward? If so, where should we focus our efforts? And what role can the physical and engineering sciences play in helping to shape that future?

The Lecture will be followed by a Reception in the South Cloisters (just off the main Quad in Gower Street) from 6.00-9.00 pm. 

Gary Royle is Professor of Medical Radiation Physics within the department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering and leads a proton therapy research team. His research interests include the development of imaging and detection techniques for cancer treatments, namely proton therapy and advanced radiotherapy.