Royal Date
Peninsula Medical School press release
Dr Alison Curnow, Peninsula Medical School, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro has been invited to London to meet HRH The Prince of Wales. The meeting, chaired by Sir David Frost on behalf of the Killing Cancer Charity, was hosted at University College Hospital to give His Royal Highness and representatives of some of his charities an opportunity to meet leading medical and scientific experts in the area of photodynamic therapy (PDT). A number of patients who have already experienced this technique were also present.
PDT is a relatively new treatment for cancer, which involves the targeted light activation of a pre-administered drug. It has many advantages over traditional surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy in some circumstances and can be delivered repeatedly if required. The treatment also produces excellent cosmetic outcomes and as such is particularly valued in the treatment of certain skin cancers and pre-cancers. The Clinical Photobiology Group, based at the Dermatology Department of Royal Cornwall Hospital, has treated more skin cancer patients with dermatological PDT than any other centre in the UK.
Dr Curnow said: "It was a great pleasure to have the opportunity to speak to His Royal Highness about the excellent PDT service we are providing our skin cancer patients in Cornwall. We hope that with further funding we will be able to continue researching this state of the art treatment, so we can widen its application to benefit even more patients than currently possible."