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New imaging technology cuts treatment times for patients

7 April 2025

Cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy at The Alfred are now experiencing shorter treatment times, thanks to the arrival of state-of-the-art imaging technology.

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High-precision radiation cuts prostate treatment time by 75 per cent

29 April 2024

The Alfred has become the first Victorian public hospital to offer a new form of radiation that drastically cuts treatment time for prostate cancer patients. 

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New technology enhances brain cancer treatment

11 October 2022

In a Victorian first, a new radiotherapy software which promises to significantly enhance treatment precision and cut planning time is being used for brain cancer patients at The Alfred. 

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World first cancer treatment gives hope to Melbourne mum

4 February 2022

A groundbreaking approach to treating stage four cancer has given new hope to some patients diagnosed with the life threatening disease. Melbourne woman Debbie was diagnosed with primary breast cancer in 2006, and had been classified as stage four since 2008. 

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Home for Christmas: Lizzy’s Story

20 December 2021

When 31 year old Lizzy Maric woke up in the middle of the night in May this year feeling faint she immediately knew something wasn’t right.

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Cancer trial gives new hope to Australian patients

14 December 2021

An international study looking at whether high and very tightly controlled doses of radiation can cure cancers previously considered incurable is in progress at The Alfred, with the first patient completing treatment in the trial.

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Lifting the bar in radiation therapy

6 December 2021

All cancer patients at The Alfred receiving external beam radiation treatment will now have access to state-of-the-art technology, thanks to the introduction of a new $3.15 million Linear Accelerator (LINAC).

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The role of radiation and chemotherapy in brain cancer

25 May 2021

Matt was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour called a glioblastoma - he's recently completed six weeks of radiation therapy. For patients like Matt, after having brain surgery the next step in brain cancer treatment is radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

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Targeting tumours from the inside and out

15 April 2019

Alfred Health Radiation Oncology experts have demonstrated the benefit of combining two forms of radiation treatment to target prostate cancer.

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Brachytherapy program helping men for two decades

10 December 2018

A radiation therapy treatment that provides prostate cancer patients with an alternative to surgery is being acknowledged for 20 years of helping men at The Alfred.

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