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Doctors from The Alfred Interventional Radiology (IR) team, headed up by principal investigator Associate Professor Jim Koukounaras, have designed a world-first study using interventional radiology to treat endometriosis.

Each year, thousands of Australian women undergo invasive and life-altering hysterectomies to treat debilitating pain and blood loss caused by uterine fibroids. But there’s another option: a very safe, pin-hole procedure that cures the symptoms, yet leaves the uterus intact.

In an Australian first, The Alfred Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is now home to a mobile computed tomography (CT) scanner. With no other ICU in the country using mobile CT, the installation of the machine in 2022 was the culmination of a six-year project to revolutionise the way ICU patients, especially those who need head CT scans, are cared for. Costing just more than $1 million to purchase and install, the project could never have been achieved without the $850,000 generously contributed by the community.

Treating brain cancer is a team effort, when a person is suspected of having a brain tumour they’ll begin their journey through treatment, starting with the first stop - Neuroradiology.  

A new device that targets hard-to-kill tumours is the focus of a research trial led by The Alfred's interventional radiology team.