Chemotherapy treatment has been offered for two days each week at the Princess Royal for some time. While patients praise the care they receive, feedback has highlighted how difficult it can be to travel to Brighton for any treatment booked on the other three days. “Many of our patients live in Haywards Heath and the […]
Sussex Cancer Fund recently purchased of 2 ultrasound bladder scanners for use at The Sussex Cancer Centre, 1 for Preston Park Radiotherapy Centre and 1 for The Royal Sussex County site. Bladder scanners are used in Radiotherapy departments to help establish the volume of fluid patients have in their bladder, for preparation purposes during treatment. […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund has recently, kindly, provided the radiotherapy units with some slip-free slipper socks. This will enable us to provide our patients with a pair to wear when they are having their radiotherapy. Like the PJ bottoms that the Sussex Cancer Fund also provided, we will be giving each patient a pair and […]
The majority of patients we currently treat at PPRC have cancers located in the pelvis. We now give each new patient a pair of pyjamas for them to bring in every day for treatment. When it comes to their appointment time, they change into these pyjamas in individual changing cubicles, situated opposite the treatment rooms. […]
Sussex Cancer Fund has purchased six ‘at home’ blood pressure monitoring machines for patients attending the new Metastatic thyroid clinic. Patients are being overed a new drug called lenvatanib which has shown great results in trial for offering prevention of disease progression for this group of thyroid cancer patients. However, this drug has its down […]
