Centre Léon Bérard
We are delighted to work with the amazing team from Centre Léon Bérard in order to learn even more about the clinical, operational and patient benefits of upright patient positioning for radiation therapy.
Centre Léon Bérard’s Experience & Learnings so far
Hear from Prof. Vincent Gregoire, Head of Radiation Oncology at Centre Léon Bérard talking about what it is like to work with Leo Cancer Care and our technology, why they chose to partner with us and research upright radiotherapy and what the future holds.
Sophie Boisbouvier is a Radiation Therapist at Centre Léon Bérard. Here Sophie discusses the outcomes of her recent study: ‘Upright patient positioning for pelvic radiotherapy treatments’, which was conducted on our upright patient positioning system. She also shares news on upcoming research.
News & Updates
Webinar: Upright patient positioning for Pelvic Radiotherapy treatment
Catch up on our recent webinar where Sophie Boisbouvier from Centre Léon Bérard and Jemma Nunn from Leo Cancer Care discuss - 'Upright Patient Positioning for Pelvic Radiotherapy Treatment'.
You will hear all about the promising results from Sophie Boisbouvier's recent study where a total of 16 patients with prostate, bladder, rectal, endometrial, or cervix/uterine corpus tumors were set up in the upright position following their supine treatment.
NEW RESEARCH ADVANCES OUR MISSION TO DELIVER RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENTS IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION
The first study on pelvic cancer patients positioned in an upright position has been conducted at the Centre Léon Bérard. A series of patient trials were conducted to determine how delivery of vital cancer treatment in the upright position might improve patient experience and clinical effectiveness.
The aim of the study was to evaluate upright positioning and immobilization accuracy based on optical images, the setup time and comfort in patients with pelvic tumors undergoing radiation therapy. Upright positioning may affect organ volume, positioning and movement to supine/prone positioning and the study sought to provide data on how it might have beneficial impacts.
a Crowd-Pleasing demo at ESTRO 2022
Our upright patient positioning system has been installed in Centre Léon Bérard for over a year now and the team there have been conducting important research to validate patient setup reproducibility and more.
Professor Vincent Gregoire and Sophie Boisbouvier joined us at ESTRO 2022 in Copenhagen, with our representative model of Marie™. Sophie Boisbouvier, Radiation Therapist at Centre Leon Berard took the audience through a demo of a typical patient set up and told us more about the research they have been conducting.
our research partnership with Centre Léon Bérard
Centre Léon Bérard is an academic institution that is dedicated solely to cancer care, research and education. They have a patient-first ethos and continually innovate in order to advance clinical practices and improve the patient experience.
The two organisations are working together to build upon existing research that has highlighted a number of benefits in utilising the upright position within radiation oncology. The research project has been split into three phases, the first phase is focused on evaluating the workflow efficiencies and patient experience, the second phase will test the accuracy of the positioning system and the third phase will evaluate how effective reproducibility of set-up is in the upright orientation.