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MR Linac at St Vincents

Professor Stricker and radiation oncologist Dr Jeremy De Leon head up the MR Linac care team at the GenesisCare specialist cancer centre. Professor Stricker stated that he was very impressed with the possibilities of this new device, the Elekta Unity. He explained that by combining MRI technology with radiation it would become possible to target

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Robot assisted radio-guided prostate cancer surgery

Professor Stricker and his team performed the first robot assisted radio-guided prostate cancer surgery in Australia. They are conducting a clinical trial in collaboration with the Netherlands Cancer Institute, the University Hospital Leiden and the Martini clinic in Hamburg Germany and Eurorad. Prof Stricker stated that the aim was to improve cancer specific outcomes and

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New trials about to commence

All these trials are all designed to improve the accuracy of treatment of prostate cancer particularly with the use of high quality MRI and PET scanning. Professor Stricker is Chief Investigator of these trials. Tom Cusick is helping to coordinate the trials and can be contacted on T.Cusick@garvan.org.au The MAGNIFI trial – This is a

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NanoKnife series published in EUO

Recently European Urology Oncology accepted the publication of the largest focal NanoKnife therapy group in the world. The article: Electroporation as Primary Treatment for Localised Prostate Cancer: A Biopsy-monitored Prospective Cohort. Eur Urol Oncol (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euo.2019.04.008 looked at 123 patients all with MRI followup and biopsy followup with a minimum of one year follow up.

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