The Christie
Contact: Ranald MacKay
CHRISTIE Hospital is the largest single-site cancer centre in Europe, and treats around 40,000 patients per year (with over 130,000 radiotherapy treatments) with a dedicated oncology focus; since its foundation over 100 years ago The CHRISTIE and is associated research institutes have pioneered many new techniques in radiotherapy, including: leading early developments of dosimetry and fractionated treatment; first UK clinical use of multileaf collimation and intensity-modulated radiotherapy; first clinical use in the world of image-guided radiotherapy. The CHRISTIE presently has 16 networked linear accelerators and organizes chemotherapy delivery on 15 sites.