Brain cancer patients at Rosemere Cancer Foundation are now set to have faceless masks to keep their heads in position during radiotherapy.
The Royal Preston Hospital cancer specialists are to replace older-style enclosed masks and are set to benefit from the centre’s early adoption of surface-guided radiotherapy treatment (SGRT).
80-85 per cent of all 240 cancer patients treated every weekday at Rosemere are to benefit from the new masks.
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The centre’s principal therapeutic radiographer Lisa Laws explained: “SGRT is an optical tracking system that enables us to deliver radiotherapy with pinpoint accuracy.
“For brain cancer patients, it enables us to upgrade the patient experience by switching from traditional closed masks to faceless masks, which allow for easier breathing, greater comfort and better communication.
“Many patients, particularly those with claustrophobia, found full masks very difficult and distressing. For them especially, the faceless masks have made their radiotherapy treatment much more tolerable.”
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