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The Bigger Picture

A cancer diagnosis can be a worrying time and we want to help you through that diagnosis and beyond. What is it like having a scan? What research is going on to make cancer diagnosis better? How can we improve patients' experience of cancer diagnosis? Can we develop better treatments? Researchers from the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King's College London will help you see the bigger picture by talking about their exciting research while patients who have gone through cancer diagnosis and treatment talk about their experiences of having scans and therapy. Through talking together we can find better ways to diagnose and treat cancer, improve patients' experience of cancer diagnosis and keep you up to date with exciting developments in the field of cancer diagnosis and therapy. The podcast is funded by a grant from the Public Engagement fund in the Centre for Medical Engineering at King's College London.

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    The Bigger Picture on making radioactive molecules for cancer scanning

    In this episode, Maggie speaks to Karin Neilsen about cyclotrons. What is a cyclotron and why is it important for cancer imaging? This podcast was first published in 2021 from funding provided by King's College London's School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences Public Engagement fund

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    The Bigger Picture on being active after prostate cancer

    Allen is an amazing guy. He tells his story of how he was diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer. Having survived, he is now not just up and running, but actually running competitively in his 70's. Maggie talked to him about his experience.This episode was originally published in 2021, it was supported by funding from the public engagement team at the school of biomedical engineering and imaging sciences at King's College London

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    The Bigger picture on how we can protect the heart following chemotherapy

    Maggie spoke to Dr Rick Southworth about research he is undertaking looking at the heart and the effect of some chemotherapy agents on the heart. He is interested in how we might be able to predict damage to the heart, early detection and ways to protect the heart during cancer treatment. His work has wider impact on cardiovascular research and is still ongoing.This podcast was first published in 2021 from funding provided by King's College London's School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences Public Engagement Team.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A cancer diagnosis can be a worrying time and we want to help you through that diagnosis and beyond. What is it like having a scan? What research is going on to make cancer diagnosis better? How can we improve patients' experience of cancer diagnosis? Can we develop better treatments? Researchers from the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King's College London will help you see the bigger picture by talking about their exciting research while patients who have gone through cancer diagnosis and treatment talk about their experiences of having scans and therapy. Through talking together we can find better ways to diagnose and treat cancer, improve patients' experience of cancer diagnosis and keep you up to date with exciting developments in the field of cancer diagnosis and therapy. The podcast is funded by a grant from the Public Engagement fund in the Centre for Medical Engineering at King's College London.

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School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London

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A cancer diagnosis can be a worrying time and we want to help you through that diagnosis and beyond. What is it like having a scan? What research is going on to make cancer diagnosis better? How can we improve patients' experience of cancer diagnosis? Can we develop better treatments? Researchers...

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