September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and the RTphysics Manchester paediatrics team are heading to London for the @CCLG_UK RT meeting. We will be sharing an update about the SMILE workshop, and our plans to reduce dentofacial side effects in childhood cancer survivors! 🎗️

Members of the SMILE working group are presenting @CCLG_UK RT meeting tomorrow, raising awareness of dentofacial side effects in childhood head and neck cancer survivors #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth 🎗️ RTphysics Manchester The Christie NHS The University of Manchester MFT NHS Children's Cancer Research Fund

Cosmetic outcomes is not something paediatric patients are prepared for. A fantastic, thought provoking, women-led session on dento-facial deformities after radiotherapy in paediatric cancers Marianne Aznar Lucy SC Davies Emma Foster-Thomas SMILE_Dentofacial The Christie NHS RCPCH

Professor Marianne Aznar shared the aims of the SMILE project and highlighted the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration in research @CCLG_UK RT group. Children's Cancer Research Fund The University of Manchester The Christie NHS

A thought provoking talk by Lucy SC Davies - a voice for childhood cancer survivors with facial asymmetry @CCLG_UK National Institute for Health and Care Research The Christie NHS

“How well can clinical oncologists predict late effects?” Dr Marinka Hol PrinsesMáximaCentrum explored this question @CCLG RT meeting

Patients at The Christie have given us top marks once again for the quality of care. The results of the annual national inpatient survey by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) show The Christie was placed in the top 10 NHS trusts nationally. Read more: bit.ly/3UVj7vV

Our article reporting on a SIOPE 🎗️ survey aiming to understand contouring and dose assessment of dentofacial structures in paediatric radiotherapy is now online! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… The University of Manchester SMILE_Dentofacial Children's Cancer Research Fund Manchester Cancer Research Centre #QUARTETproject

Excited to see our work on understanding current practice in contouring and dose assessment to dentofacial structures in paediatric radiotherapy centres is now available online in ctRO: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S24… Well done Dr Angie Davey and team ✨️ SMILE_Dentofacial

📍Promoting health equity in cancer care is at the heart of NHS England’s values. Our journey towards equitable access to Proton Beam Therapy for eligible cancer indications being shared at #ASTRO2023 The Christie NHS NHS England Ed Smith Marianne Aznar Karen Joy Kirkby

Congratulations to our research radiographers who won a Greater Manchester Health and Care Award last night. 🥳 They were recognised for transforming how their research is delivered. 🧵1/3

Feeling privileged to present on behalf of the group led by James Bates on cardiac toxicity at #SIOPcongress. The whole #pentec session organised by Louis S Constine was amazing! #radonc #medphys !

So pleased to be able to present our work on assessing the feasibility of reducing dose to dentofacial structures in children receiving head and neck RT at #SIOP2023

Check out our article in the Green Journal! low-dose CBCT protocols for paediatrics are needed to reduce excess imaging dose in children authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S01…

Stop cancer destroying teenage lives ✋ Did you know, cancer kills more teenagers and young adults in the UK than any other disease?

⁦Lucy SC Davies⁩ presenting her NIHR bridging project at the ⁦The Christie NHS⁩ Nurse and AHP Research Day ⁦RT Related Research⁩ ⁦⁦Manchester Cancer Research Centre⁩

Feeling very grateful today after the huge success of the SMILE 2024 workshop for the SMILE_Dentofacial working group studying dentofacial late effects. The busy preparation paid off, with two days of useful discussion and plans for the next year working on this important topic. 🎗️

An incredibly successful SMILE workshop this week. Exciting research and projects are planned from this group to minimise long-term side effects in childhood cancer patients. Collaboration is key!

Thank you to all participants from The Christie NHS UCLH @eortc #quartet RMCHosp St. Jude PrinsesMáximaCentrum and especially to the patient representatives! #radonc #medphys #childhoodcancer #lwbc

New publication from members of our team - “Proton Bean Therapy and dentofacial development in paediatric cancer patients: A Scoping Review” doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpt… IJPT Marianne Aznar Lucy O'Malley