Cervical Cancer patients join study
Clinical research at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre that could drastically improve the survival chances of women with cervical cancer in the future is well underway.
Pierre du Bois
9 May 2023
Research articles
Medical research boosts survival rates and makes in particular cancer treatment kinder on people diagnosed in the future. See some of our research articles below:
Helping GPs spot cancer earlier
With the UK lagging behind many other rich countries in the early diagnosis of cancer, our new partnership with the NHS and family doctors offers a solution.
Pierre du Bois
1 December 2022
EMPIRIC study gets underway
A gift left to us by a supporter in her Will is helping to fund a new research collaboration with Mount Vernon Cancer Centre.
Emma Gordon
22 September 2022
Centre doctor went ‘above and beyond’
A consultant radiologist at Paul Strickland Scanner Centre has received an award for “going above and beyond” during Covid-19 by playing a key role in a project to make remote reporting of scans a reality at the centre.
Pierre du Bois
9 May 2022
Low dose CT scanning in cancer care
People with cancer are now able to benefit from lower radiation doses than ever before when having CT scans as part of their routine medical care and follow up. Dr Andrew Gogbashian explains.
Pierre du Bois
4 January 2022
How we made Dr Strickland’s vision a reality
With a brand new, faster Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography (PET-CT) scanner due for installation at the Centre in 2022, Dr Wai-Lup Wong gives insight into the fascinating history of this revolutionary scanning technique which counts our founder, Dr Paul Strickland, as one of its pioneers.
Pierre du Bois
21 December 2021
Head and neck doctors join forces
A unique collaboration between Paul Strickland Scanner Centre (PSSC) and Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC) is seen as hugely beneficial to the care and treatment of cancer patients at Mount Vernon.
Pierre du Bois
29 September 2021
Metastatic breast cancer hope
Research made possible by a gift left in her Will by a supporter of PSSC finds that whole-body MRI could drastically improve metastatic breast cancer care.
Pierre du Bois
31 May 2021
Low-dose CT imaging for cancer
Collaborative project between Paul Strickland Scanner Centre and Mount Vernon Hospital shows how patients can be spared excess radiation.
Pierre du Bois
22 May 2021
Centre joins project that could speed up cancer diagnosis
We’ve joined a pilot study for the Vague Symptoms Pathway (VSP), a programme that could one day lead to a faster diagnosis of cancer for patients. The programme aims to find the quickest, most efficient way to reach a diagnosis in patients who visit their GP with non-specific symptoms. Although
Pierre du Bois
21 May 2021
PROSTAGRAM trial results published
Results of the PROSTAGRAM trial, held at Imperial College London and Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, have just been published in the prestigious medical journal, JAMA Oncology.
Pierre du Bois
11 February 2021
Breast cancer. RESPECT research trial
People being treated for metastatic breast cancer could be granted precious extra healthy time with their loved ones, thanks to the results of a landmark research study supported by Paul Strickland Scanner Centre.
Emma Gordon
11 December 2020
