Dame Deborah James fund boosts hospital cancer treatments
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A cutting-edge cancer treatment machine has been installed at a leading hospital thanks to an injection of cash from Dame Deborah James’s cancer fund. A new interventional radiology machine has been set up at The Royal Marsden, where Dame Deborah received her cancer treatment.
Her Bowelbabe fund donated £1 million to the hospital’s charity – The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, which funded a new interventional radiology X-ray machine and a refurbishment of the interventional radiology suite at the hospital. Radiology uses imaging techniques to diagnose and treat cancer in a minimally invasive way and is often used as an alternative to surgery.
Dame Deborah herself had interventional radiology as part of her treatment at the hospital. Hospital officials said that the new machine will also support research being carried out at the cancer centre. Dame Deborah’s father Alistair James told The Sun: “It was brilliant to see something so modern and cutting-edge in place, ready to help others.
“It’s concrete proof of what the Bowelbabe Fund can achieve.”. Her mother Heather told the newspaper: “Deborah wanted to fund research to help find better ways of treating cancer, so this is a really fitting way in which her legacy will continue on.”.
Consultant interventional radiologist at The Royal Marsden, Dr Nicos Fotiadis, who was part of Dame Deborah’s clinical team, said: “Throughout her treatment, I was amazed by Deborah’s resilience, along with her dedication to fundraising and helping others.
