Gamma Knife Centre at QSRC | Latest News

Ian Paddick presides over in Rio

Carnaval, Copacabana and Ipanema – maybe another time! As president of the International Radiosurgery Society, Ian (QSRC, Chief Physicist) took a central role in the Society’s Congress, recently held in Rio de Janeiro (9-13, June) which brought together many of the...

Dr. Dheerendra Prasad webinar on the urgency of overhaul required in the modern management of brain metastases

The following has been published by Lena Hoglund, VP Global Marketing Portfolio Neuroscience at Elekta Instrument AB and can be accessed here or see below:- Radiosurgery Now: a patient-centered approach to managing brain metastases Dr. Dheerendra Prasad, Director at...

Elekta Video featuring Ian Paddick on Treatment Planning of Multi-metastatic cases

Leksell Gamma Knife ICON, in combination with Leksell GammaPlan treatment planning software, enables same-day adaptive stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with multiple metastases. Unlike linac-based treatments, Gamma Knife does not require patient specific QA, and...

Charity evening held at QSRC

Breast cancer campaigner Kris Hallenga highlighted the importance of Gamma Knife treatment at a charity evening at QSRC in April. The Sun columnist and CoppaFeel charity founder described how she had almost 60 secondary brain tumours treated in three separate sessions...

Spring newsletter published

The Spring newsletter is now available and can be viewed here. The newsletter aims to help keep patients, their families, referrers and other health professionals informed of the work going Queen Square Gamma Knife Centre and bring you news of the latest developments...

Isabella’s story

Isabella came to the Great Ormond Street Hospital #GOSH last year to be treated for a brain bleed with a pioneering technique called Gamma Knife Surgery provided by the Queen Square Gamma Knife Centre. Isabella had a brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) - a...

6th Meeting of the British Radiosurgery Society – coming soon!

The 6th meeting of the British Radiosurgery Society will be held on the 22nd March in Manchester and a provision provisional programme has been announced to include the following presentations Chair: Matthias Radatz (STHT/Thornbury Gamma Knife) The optimisation...

ISO9001 reaccreditation

QSRC Ltd is proud to be accredited with ISO 9001 certification, an internationally recognised standard that ensures supports our services to meet the needs of our patients through an effective quality management system. Our systems were audited on the 18th February...

Up and coming stereotactic radiosurgery events

The 14th biennial Congress and Exhibition of the International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 9 - 13, 2019 and further information can be found here. The 15th biennial Congress and Exhibition of the Society has also...

World cancer day

On the 4th February its World Cancer Day – a day that unites people, communities and entire countries to raise awareness and take action. It is led by the Union for International Cancer Control. Which has a thousand members from across 162 countries, Cancer is a...

Neil Kitchen’s Trio of Fundraising Challenges

Mr Neil Kitchen, Consultant Neurosurgeon and Queen Square Gamma Knife Centre's Clinical Lead is taking on three challenges for The National Brain Appeal to raise money for the Neurosurgery Fund that helps to provide state-of-the-art equipment and better facilities for...

Follow Will’s tweets!

This week, one of The Queen Square Gamma Knife , Will, has taken over the NHS Twitter account for The National Brain Appeal. He'll be tweeting all things National Hospital, #QueenSquare, Gamma Knife & brain tumours - give him a follow...

CoppaFeel! founder Kris Hallenga article on her Gamma Knife treatment

Kris Hellenga, founder of CoppaFeel has written an article in The Sun about her latest treatment using a Gamma Knife ICON for brain metastases at the Queen Square Gamma Knife Centre. The ICON installed during the autumn allows patient to be treated using a mask,...

QSRC continues to excel in latest Patient Feedback

QSRC achieved 100% extremely likely to recommend the service for the NHS Friends and Family Test (FFT) during November. As part of our commitment to providing an exceptional service we also kindly ask patients to complete a bespoke feedback questionnaire again with...

Team represented at ELGKS 2018 meeting

Alexander Polonsky (Lead Radiographer) Sinead Murphy (Radiographer), Ian Paddick (Chief Physicist) and Alex Dimitriadis (Senior Physicist) attended the annual meeting of the European Leskell Gamma Knife Society, 16-18th November. Ian gave presentations on...

First patients treated using the new Gamma Knife Icon

A new generation of stereotactic treatment began following a major upgrade over the summer and the first patients have been treated using the new Gamma Knife ICON at Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre. The new machine expands and improves the range of treatments on...

First edition of newsletter now available

To help keep patients, their families, referrers and other health professionals informed of the work going Queen Square Gamma Knife Centre a new newsletter has been launched and the first edition is available by clicking on the image below. We aim to bring you news of...

Leksell Gamma Knife ICON installed at the Queen Square Gamma Knife Centre

Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife® Icon™, the next generation in stereotactic radiosurgery (“SRS”) technology has been installed at the Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre. The centre is one of two NHS England (“NHSE”) National Centres of Excellence providing specialist care...

Leksell Gamma Knife ICON arrives at the Queen Square Gamma Knife Centre

A Leksell Gamma Knife Icon, the next generation in stereotactic radiosurgery (“SRS”) technology is being installed at the Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre with commissioning due to be completed in coming weeks. The ICON is the next generation technology in...

Abstract submission now open for ISRS 2019

ISRS has now started accepting abstract submissions for the Congress in June, 2019. The Scientific Committee will consider for acceptance, abstracts that contain new science in the field of radiosurgery. To view the list of topics and guidelines for submission, please...

2017 Annual Global Treatment Statistics now available

The annual global and regional treatment statistics data gathered from Gamma Knife centres by the Leskell Gamma Knife Society are now available. The number of patient benefiting from the significant advantages that Gamma Knife radiosurgery offers continues to grow...

Proud to partner the NHS @ 70

July 5th marks the 70th anniversary of the National Health Service (NHS), launched in 1948 by the-then health secretary, Aneurin Bevan As the first universal healthcare system developed after the Second World War, for the first time, hospitals, doctors, nurses,...

Phase III randomized controlled trial adds to growing evidence of advantages of SRS vs WBRT

There is a significant body of evidence demonstrating the advantages that Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) offers versus whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) with various prospective trials comparing the 2 modalities in patients with fewer than 4 brain metastases...

Gamma Knife radiosurgery still ahead in its fiftieth year and more to come…

The first Leksell Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery procedure in a clinical setting was to treat a patient's pituitary adenoma at Sophiahemmet Hospital in Stockholm in 1968. By 2018 — Gamma Knife® radiosurgery's 50th year — 1.1 million people around the world have...

ICON event held at Queen Square

On the 6th of June 2018, the Queen Square Radiosurgery Supra Centre for the South of England welcomed guests to an event as we plan to install the Leksell Gamma Knife Icon - the latest precision radiosurgery platform from Elekta. Presentations were provided by amongst...

ICON at Queen Square – event reminder

If you have not yet informed us that you wish to join us on June 6th 2018 at The Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square to find out what the Gamma Knife Icon at The Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre will be able to do for you and your patients, then please contact us as soon...

Former England rugby captain learns more about work undertaken by QSRC

On the 16th May we welcomed Lawrence Dallaglio, a campaigner for radiotherapy and radiosurgery cancer treatments to view the centre and learn about our work and services offered. Mr Neil Kitchen, Medical Director explained the Gamma Knife treatment and the potential...

QSRC retrospective study finds Gamma Knife treatment provides excellent local tumour control rate

Brain metastases (BM) occur in 20-40% of cancer patients and they represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery (GKR) is a well-established treatment modality for brain metastases. Large multi centre studies have reported a...

A future ICON at Queen Square

The Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre is now the Supra Centre for the South of England and the only Centre able to treat all NHS tiers for intracranial SRS and paediatrics.This summer, we plan to install the Leksell Gamma Knife Icon - the latest precision radiosurgery...

QSRC strongly represented at 19th Leskell Gamma Knife Society meeting

Our clinical director, Mr Neil Kitchen, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Miss Huma Sethi (Consultant Neurosurgeon), Ian Paddick (Chief Physicist), Alex Dimitriadis (Senior Physicist), Cornel Tancu (Clinical Research Fellow) and Alvaro Rojas Villabona (former Clinical Research...

Gamma Knife – a solution for today’s needs and tomorrow’s challenges and opportunities

In the evolving medical device and health care landscapes, investments in new technology must consider both today's needs and tomorrow's challenges and opportunities. A recently published article in Radiology Today provides an insight into the evaluation of SRS...

Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre achieves ISO9001 accreditation

QSRC Ltd is proud to be awarded ISO 9001 certification, an internationally recognised standard that ensures that our services meet the needs of our patients through an effective quality management system. Our decision to work towards ISO 9001 accreditation...

New patient leaflets produced

As part of our commitment to ensure patient receive information to make informed decisions about their treatment a series of new indication specific leaflets have been produced. They provide useful information for patients, their family and or carers about the...

New videos available to view

A series of new videos have been added to our website which we sincerely hope provide further useful information for patients, their families and carers. They include information on what to expect during treatment day, how the gamma knife works and overviews for...

Clinical team represented at European Leskell Gamma Knife Society meeting

The clinical team at QSRC was represented at the European Leskell Gamma Knife Society meeting held in Rome, Italy (17-19 November) by Consultant neurosurgeonsand Medical Physicist Alex Dimitriadis. The meeting marked the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the...

2000th patient treated at our sister site – the Thornbury Radiosurgery Centre

Earlier in November, the 2000th patient was treated at The Thornbury Gamma Knife Centre since its opening in 2008. Staff at the centre presented patients treated on the day with flowers to mark the landmark. Since the centre’s inception it has always sought to...

Conference news

The 14th congress of the International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society (ISRS) will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between the 9th-13th June 2019. Further information can be found here The deadline to submit abtracts abstracts to the 19th Leksell Gamma Knife...

Update on large multi-institutional study on radiosurgery for multiple metastases published

There is now an update on the large prospective study on radiosurgery for multiple metastases that was published by Lancet Oncology in 2014. Yamamoto et al have revisited their original cohort to assess radiation related complications and long term maintenance of...

Results of 2016 Indications Treated by Gamma Knife Survey published

The results of the 2016 Indications Treated Survey undertaken by the Leksell Gamma Knife Society are now available. Gamma Knife centers are treating approximately 80,000 patients per year with over 1,040,000 patients treated through 2016. The average volume...

QSRC hosts training for Toulouse Physicists

The Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre has hosted numerous visits from medical practioners from other countries, keen to learn from our experience and expertise in stereotactic radiosurgery.

ISRS members benefit from access to the Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT

Members of the ISRS can now have access to all the volumes of the Journal by connecting to the ISRS website and renewing their membership Radiosurgery / SBRT is a product of multi-disciplinary endeavor. The journal is inclusive of physics, biology, and clinical...

Ian Paddick announced as the new ISRS president

Ian Paddick, Chief Physicist at the Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre is the new president of the International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society. The International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society (ISRS) was founded as a worldwide non-profit organization in 1991 and...

And the young investigator awardee is…

Yet more recognition for Alex Dimitriadis! Senior Radiosurgery Physicist at the Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre, Alex recently awarded his PhD in Radiotherapy Physics has also been awarded as the ISRS young investigator, chosen according to the best presentation of a...

Alex Dimitriadis presents at ISRS and ESTRO

Alex Dimitriadis, Senior Medical Physicist at the Queen Square Gamma Knife has presented at the 13th Meeting of the International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society (ISRS), held in Montreux, Switzerland between the 28th May to 1st June and at ESTRO 36 held in Vienna...

Team presents at the British Radiosurgery Society Conference 2017

Members of the Queen Square Gamma Knife team attended the 4th meeting of British Radiosurgery Society Conference 2017, held at the Examination Schools Oxford on the 28th March. The meeting was the first BRS conference following the award in April 2016 by NHS England...

Paediatric SRS service established

In 2016, NHS England awarded Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) - in conjunction with our partners at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (UCLH) and the Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre (QSRC) - the regional south of England service for paediatric...

New NHS England contracts secured

NHS England has announced the award of new contracts for stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy (SRS/SRT) – specialist forms of radiotherapy that can be used to treat patients with intracranial conditions, such as benign and malignant brain tumours. More than...

Latest Publications by Ian Paddick

Over recent months a number of publications to which Ian Paddick (Consultant Physicist) have contributed have been published. Ian is a leading figure in the Gamma Knfie community and is currently Vice President of International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society. The...

Team members attend 12th International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society Congress

Ian Paddick, Consultant Physicist and Alvaro Villabonna, Clinical Research Fellow recently attended the 12th International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society Congress meeting held in Yokohama, Japan, June 7th-11th. Ian presented a number of talks and seminars on...

WBRT associated with significantly worse cognitive function than radiosurgery

Whole Brain Radiation Therapy (WBRT) is associated with significantly worse cognitive function than radiosurgery, and should no longer be used in the adjuvant setting after radiosurgery to treat cancer patients with brain metastases, according to a large study led by...

Short film depicting the work and achievements of Lars Leksell released at AANS

Lars Leksell was the inventor of radiosurgery. He was a ceaseless neurosurgical innovator who created whole industries that have benefited millions of people around the world, all from ideas that sprang from his mind. The modern stereotactic frame and stereotactic...

Queen Square Gamma Knife research to be presented at International Scientific Conferences

The Queen Square Gamma Knife Centre are pleased to announce that the research projects concluded in our centre will be presented and discussed in the prestigious forthcoming scientific meetings later this year. The results of the initial research project completed...

National Brain Appeal Small Acorn Fund Grant Awarded

A grant has been awarded to Dr. Alvaro Villabona our clinical research fellow from the National Brain Appeal Small Acorn Fund for a pilot study which aims to evaluate the potential use of an MRI based method to replace Conventional Catheter Angiography (CCA) for...

300th patient treated

Our 300th patient since opening has been treated. The centre - treated its first patients in October 2012 and on the 26th November 2015 and a little more than two years since opening, the Gamma Knife Centre at QRSC has treated its 300th patient. Rapidly establishing...

New NHNN video added

A new video providing an overview of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery has been made available and can be viewed here. The video provides an overview of the work of NHNN, its leading edge facilities, the world class research undertaken and...

QSRC expands its research programme

QSRC has rapidly established itself as a leading centre committed to undertaking research and sharing best practice with others. We have further expanded our research programme. and two new major research projects have been initiated. We are working with groups from...

QSRC Sponsor Brain Tumour Research Event at Speakers House

An event to launch three ground-breaking new collaborative partnerships set up by the charity Brain Tumour Research and three Research Centres of Excellence was held on the 4th March at the Speaker’s House, sponsored by QSRC. Neil Kitchen (Medical Director),...

Independent review of patient feedback finds service excellence

An independent review of patient feedback questionnaires has provided evidence of the excellent service being provided by the team at the Gamma Knife Centre at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Scores averaging above 9 out of 10 were recorded in...

Full approval received for Gamma Knife Research Project.

Full Ethics approval has been obtained for the prospective research study: Evaluation of dosimetric differences between the TMR 10 and convolution algorithm for Gamma Knife Radiosurgery planning. This project is aimed to evaluate a new method to calculate the...

100th patient treated

On the 16th September and less than a year since opening, the Gamma Knife Centre at QRSC has treated the 100th patient. To mark reaching the milestone three patients treated on the day were presented with flowers by members of the team. The centre - which treated its...

Charity walk for Great Ormond Street Hospital

Laura Murray completing the 50km Thames Valley Path Challenge raising funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital[/caption]On the 14th September Laura Murray our administrative assistant completed the Thames Path Challenge raising funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital....

New information on our clinical research available

Further information on the research and trials which have been initiated and are planned is now available on this website here.

Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™ system earns top ranking

With a score of 93.1 out of 100, Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™ system earned the top ranking, receiving high marks for uptime, treatment times and planning speeds, according to KLAS research firm’s recently released customer survey, Radiation Therapy 2013:...

Images of official opening

Images of the official opening by the Rt Hon. John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons are now available to view here. Notable U.K. government and healthcare leaders, Gamma Knife® radiosurgery experts and representatives of the National Hospital for Neurology...

International Patient Numbers Grow

A number of patients have been treated at the Gamma Knife at QSRC from Kuwait and across Europe symbolising the international reputation of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosciences as a centre of excellence. Unlike traditional surgery, Gamma Knife...

Elekta Highlight Clinical and Safety Advantages of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery at 2013 AANS Meeting

At the 81st American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting April 27-May1 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Elekta highlighted the continuing preeminence of Gamma Knife® stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) as the gold standard for...

The Gamma Knife Centre at QSRC Marks Official Opening

Notable U.K. government and healthcare leaders, Gamma Knife® radiosurgery experts and representatives of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) were amongst those gathered on April 23 to observe the official opening of The Gamma Knife Centre at...

Clinical fellow announced

We are pleased to announce that Dr Alvaro Rojas Villabona has been appointed as a clinical fellow to support our clinical trials programme. Dr Villabona undertook his initial medical training in Colombia and was awarded the Colfuturo Scholarship to study for an MSc in...

Brain tumour clinical trials planned

The Gamma Knife Centre at QSRC is planning to undertake a number of important clinical trails on the clinical and cost effectiveness of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. An area of particular interest is cerebral metastases. Currently, the majority of patients with brain...

50th patient treated by Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

The centre which provides a Gamma Knife Radiosurgery service based has rapidly reached the landmark of treating its 50th patient. Only open since the end of October 2012 this represents a significant growth rate in patient volume providing evidence of increasing...

Funding secured for clinical fellow to support brain tumour research

Funding has been secured for a clinical fellow in support of the centre’s clinical trials . The funding has kindly been provided by Elekta, further strengthening the collaboration with them. Trials being planned include a number on brain metastases including novel MRI...

World leading radiosurgery experts to present at official opening

We are pleased to announce that a number of leading Gamma Knife radiosurgery experts will be presenting at the official opening of the Gamma Knife Centre at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery on the 23rd April . Speakers include:- • Mr. Neil...

Gamma Knife Centre to be officially opened by the Rt Hon John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons

We are pleased to announce that the Gamma Knife Centre at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery will be officially opened on the 23rd April by the Rt Hon John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons and Patron of Brain Tumour Research. The event will...

Number of Gamma Knife treatments globally continues to grow

The Leskell Gamma Knife Society has published the most recent statistics on Gamma Knife usage globally. The results of a survey of operational centres is presented in Leksell Gamma Knife Indications Treated 1991 to 2011. This provides data by year and global region....

First publication from QSRC

The first publication from the QSRC team is announced. 'Targeting and Conformality in Arteriovenous Malformation Radiosurgery is a paper co-authored by Ian Paddick included in the new publication by Karger, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Brain Vascular Malformations,...

QSRC Chief Physicist Announced

We are pleased to announce that Ian Paddick will undertake the role of Chief Physicist at the Gamma Knife Centre at QSRC. Ian began his career as a Medical Physicist in 1989, working at the Hammersmith hospital, London. Since 1998 he has worked almost exclusively with...

First patient treated

On the 29th October the first patient was treated at the new Gamma Knife Centre at QSRC. The following feedback was received from the patient:- " Thank you very much for the care and attention I received at the QSRC on Monday when I had my Gamma Knife treatment....

Wake up and make a difference

Between the 20-28th October The National Brain Appeal is asking supporters to wake up and make a difference by holding their own pyjama themed fundraising activity. This will help to raise money for vital projects at the National Hospital for Neurology and...

Care Quality Commission confirms The Gamma Knife Centre at Queen Square meets national standards

The centre which is due to treat its first patient on the 29th October is a partnership between the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, part of the UCLH NHS Foundation Trust and Medical Equipment Solutions Ltd. It will become the 6th operational Gamma...

Gamma knife lands at Queen Square

The treatment of brain cancer in the UK has taken a big step forward after the NHNN took delivery of the country’s newest Gamma Knife® technology. The installation of the 20 tonne piece of kit took all the precision of a military operation involving six lifts from a...

QSRC medical director announced

We are pleased to announce that the new medical director for The Gamma Knife Centre at QSRC will be Mr Neil Kitchen, consultant neurosurgeon at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Mr Kitchen has been a consultant neurosurgeon since 1995 and is...

Gamma Knife arrives at Queen Square

A very special delivery! On Saturday 29th September an Elekta Gamma Knife Perfexion was safely delivered to the new Gamma Knife Centre at QSRC. This was by no means an easy task. Commissioning of the treatment machine is now underway in readiness for the first...

QSRC team new recruits

As the opening of the new centre approaches we are pleased to announce that Katie Jeanson and Rebecca Robinson have joined our team. Katie will be taking up the post of lead therapeutic radiographer and Rebecca will be our charities co-ordinator.

Construction underway at Queen Square

Construction of the new Gamma Knife Centre at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square is progressing to programme having started in April with completion due in October. Designed by CSM architects Ltd and being constructed by Porters Ltd,...

Elekta’s Gamma Knife Takes Top Place in 2012′s Best in KLAS Awards

Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion(TM) radiosurgery system , our treatment technology has been awarded the highest ranking in KLAS research firm’s 2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Medical Equipment & Infrastructure report*. In the report, Perfexion scored 93.9 out...

Boost for brain cancer treatment in UK

The treatment of brain cancer in the UK will take a big step forward after a London hospital took delivery of the country’s newest Gamma Knife® technology. The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) is the 6th centre in the country to host the...

MESL expand UK team

MESL has recruited Pauline Richardson as its new Director of Operations joining as we embark on an expansion programme including our new Queen Square Gamma Knife Centre. Pauline has over 20 years experience in the UK health sector, both in the NHS and private sector...