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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/30000-miss-out-on-radiotherapy.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Around 30,000 cancer patients are missing out on potentially curative radiotherapy, it has been claimed" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-30000-miss-out-on-radiotherapy.jpg" alt="Around 30,000 cancer patients are missing out on potentially curative radiotherapy, it has been claimed"/></a></p>
<p>Tens of thousands of cancer patients are missing out on potentially curative radiotherapy, it has been claimed.</p>
<p>Experts believe 52% of UK cancer patients are suitable for &#8220;radical&#8221; radiation treatment aimed at eradicating their disease but only around 40% of them actually receive radiotherapy. </p>
<p>The shortfall means an estimated 30,000 patients a year are losing a vital opportunity to be cured.</p>
<p>Ignorance and fear are two reasons why the take-up of radiotherapy is not higher, according to a group of organisations trying to improve public awareness and access to treatments.</p>
<p>The National Radiotherapy Awareness Initiative &#8211; whose members include charities, specialist professional bodies and the NHS &#8211; has launched a campaign marking the start of the Year of Radiotherapy, a century after Marie Curie won a second Nobel Prize for her work on the radioactive element radium.</p>
<p>Results of a survey released as part of the campaign show that fewer than 10% of those polled regarded radiotherapy as a &#8220;modern, cutting edge cancer treatment&#8221;.</p>
<p>Just 15% of the 2,000 UK adults taking part thought of the treatment as &#8220;precise&#8221; and 40% described it as &#8220;frightening&#8221;.</p>
<p>In reality, radiotherapy cured more patients than chemotherapy and technological improvements now make it possible to target tumours with millimetre accuracy, said the experts.</p>
<p>Side effects were often so mild that patients could continue working throughout their course of treatment.</p>
<p>Newer and even more precise techniques are now being introduced such as intensity modulated radiotherapy, which allows radiation beams to &#8220;bend&#8221; around tumours.</p>
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