FULL LIST: 39 UK hospitals testing five-day breast cancer radiotherapy

Thirty-nine hospitals across the United Kingdom are participating in a clinical trial testing whether breast cancer radiotherapy can be shortened from three weeks to five days.

The FAST-Forward Boost trial has enrolled more than 1,000 participants and is investigating whether a shorter course of radiotherapy, combined with an additional targeted dose known as a boost, can help prevent breast cancer from returning.

The trial is led by the Institute of Cancer Research, London, and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research.

According to the UK Department of Health and Social Care on Friday, the research could save patients 10 hospital visits if the shorter treatment approach proves successful.

PUNCH Online had earlier reported that more than 1,000 people have joined a government-funded clinical trial testing whether breast cancer radiotherapy can be shortened from three weeks to five days, potentially saving patients 10 hospital visits.

The participating hospitals are:

1. The Royal Marsden Hospital, London

2. The Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton

3. Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

4. Christie Hospital, Manchester

5. Royal Surrey County Hospital

6. Churchill Hospital, Oxford

7. Singleton Hospital, Swansea

8. Royal Free Hospital, London

9. James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough

10. Royal Berkshire Hospital

11. Charing Cross Hospital, London

12. Southampton General Hospital

13. Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

14. St John’s Hospital, Livingston

15. Barts (St Bartholomew’s Hospital), London

16. The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre

17. Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley

18. Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

19. Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth

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20. University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire

21. Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield

22. Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

23. Belfast City Hospital

24. Peterborough City Hospital

25. Northampton General Hospital

26. Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

27. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

28. Borders General Hospital

29. University Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock

30. West Middlesex University Hospital

31. University Hospital Hairmyres

32. St James’s University Hospital, Leeds

33. Guy’s Hospital, London

34. Bristol Haematology & Oncology Centre

35. Ipswich Hospital

36. Forth Valley Royal Hospital

37. University College Hospital, London

38. Ealing Hospital

39. Mount Vernon Cancer Centre

“The trial aims to recruit 4,830 participants by 2028.

“Participants will be followed up for five years, with results expected in 2033,”  the release concluded.