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The majority of children and adolescents will be treated in Bristol or the South West, but a few cancers will need to be treated elsewhere in the country.
Children and adolescents requiring surgical resection of liver tumours and bone sarcomas as part of their cancer treatment have their operations at surgical centres in Birmingham. Other tumour surgery is performed in Bristol at the Children's Hospital.
Patients with retinoblastoma are under the joint care of Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and the National Retinoblastoma services in Birmingham and London.
If your child requires a PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scan it will be carried out in Cardiff.
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Birmingham Children's Hospital is one of the largest children's cancer centres in the UK. Children and young people requiring surgical resection of liver tumours and bone sarcomas as part of their cancer treatment have their operations with the Oncology and Haematology Department here.
In addition, patients with retinoblastoma are under the joint care of Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and the National Retinoblastoma services in Birmingham and Royal London Hospital.
University College London Hospital
University College London Hospital
Proton beam therapy (PBT) is a form of radiotherapy used to treat certain cancers. It uses high-energy beams of protons, rather than X-rays, to deliver a dose of radiotherapy. It is highly targeted and so reduces the risk of radiation damage to healthy tissues surrounding the tumour. Doctors may use proton beam therapy alone, or, they may combine it with photon radiation therapy, surgery, and/or chemotherapy.
Each patient’s treatment is different and is planned individually. Not all patients would benefit from receiving proton beam therapy. Multidisciplinary teams made up of oncology consultants, surgeons and radiologists carefully consider who will benefit from this treatment.
If your child is required to have PBT then this will mean being at a specialist centre for a number of weeks. All relevant information about accommodation, transport, etc will be given to you.
The nearest facility to the Southwest if proton beam therapy is required is in London at University College London Hospital (UCLH)
PET Imaging Centre Cardiff
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine scan, which involves using a radiotracer. The PET scan shows how active cells are in different parts of the body. Cancer cells usually function at a faster rate and, as a result, use more glucose (sugar) than normal cells.
The cancer cells show up on PET scans as ‘hot spots’ which can be localised more accurately by combining the scan with a CT scan. The CT scan takes a series of pictures (x-rays) to build this information into 3D pictures of the inside of body.
PET-CT can also help assess how well treatment is working. A very small amount of a mildly radioactive substance is injected into a vein, usually in the arm. A scan is then taken a couple of hours later. Areas of cancer are usually more active than surrounding tissue and show up on the scan. The radiation dose is very low and not harmful.
The nearest facility to the Southwest if a PET scan is required is the Wales Research and Diagnostic PET Imaging Centre in Cardiff.
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