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A hospital has used artificial intelligence to treat a patient with cervical cancer for the first time in the UK.<br>The treatment, called Ethos, involves a machine which uses the technology to deliver a prescription dose to tumours.<br>The Royal Surrey Trust treated Emma McCormick, 44, using adaptive radiotherapy after she was diagnosed with the cancer last April.<br>         The Royal Surrey Trust treated Emma McCormick (pictured), 44, using adaptive radiotherapy after she was diagnosed with the cancer last April<br>The AI technology uses daily CT scans to target specific areas needing radiotherapy.<br><br>This helps avoid damage to healthy tissue and limit side-effects.<br>Miss McCormick, from West Sussex, received five AI treatments a week for five weeks before having a further fortnight of internal radiation therapy. By the end of August, she was given the all-clear.<br>Following the success of Miss McCormick's treatment, created by healthcare company Varian, nine other cervical cancer patients are being treated in the same way. <br>         A hospital has used artificial intelligence to treat a patient with cervical cancer for the first time in the UK (file photo used)<br>Patients are given slots of around 20 to 25 minutes per treatment, although Ms McCormick's was slightly longer as she was the first patient.<br>She received five AI treatments a week for five weeks before having a further two weeks of brachytherapy.<br>By the end of August, she was given the all-clear.<br>Outlining her thoughts on being the first patient to receive the new treatment, she told the PA news agency: 'I suppose there was a little bit of excitement because, although I was going through treatment, I was almost helping other people.<br>'(I thought) If it works for me, and they get information from me, it can help somebody else.<br><br>If you adored this post and you would such as to obtain more info pertaining to [https://movecasino.com/straight-web-slots/ สล็อตเว็บตรง] kindly see the page. It definitely worked and did what it was meant to do and so hopefully that helps others.'<br>         The AI technology uses daily CT scans to target specific areas needing radiotherapy.<br><br>This helps avoid damage to healthy tissue and limit side-effects (file photo used)<br>   RELATED ARTICLES                  <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>Ms McCormick, who is from West Sussex, added: 'The treatment that I had and the care the staff gave me, I can't fault it at all. It was exceptional care.<br>'Everyone was so nice, I felt I was really well looked after.<br>If I had any questions or concerns about anything, we had a conversation. I had weekly phone calls too just to see how I was getting on.'<br>Dr Alex Stewart, who treated Ms McCormick, said one of the benefits of the treatment is that it allows for more precision, meaning there are fewer side-effects for the patients.<br>She added that, due to the cervix and uterus being mobile, previous treatments sessions involved working out where the cervix might have moved to, doing a scan to check, and then applying radiotherapy to that entire area.<br>She told PA: 'When the patient comes in for treatment, they lay down and a scan is performed.<br>'On that scan we work out exactly where the bladder is, where the bowel is, where the uterus and cervix are.<br><br>Then we make a new radiotherapy plan each day for the patient.<br>       'Previously this would have taken hours and hours but, with the advent of artificial intelligence, the machine contours where it sees everything to be.<br>'We then check that carefully and the machine makes a new radiotherapy plan each day.<br>'We're able to do it in around five minutes or so.'<br>The entire process to scan, contour and plan for Ms McCormick's treatment took about 30 minutes and is roughly the same for other patients, she added.<br>Following the success with Ms McCormick's treatment, nine other cervical cancer patients are being now treated in the same way.<br>Dr Stewart said: 'I'm sure we'll be developing it and rolling it out to all of our pelvic cancers eventually.<br>'Whether we do other cancers is difficult to say.<br><br>There's a lot of benefit to using it so I think it will be used in a number of different areas. I think it's really, really exciting.'<br>Louise Stead, chief executive at the trust, said: 'I am very proud of how we are leading the way in this area of adaptive radiotherapy.<br>'The trust is fortunate to have extremely strong physics and research departments that excel at what they do.<br>'The dedication, commitment and hard work of all the staff in the department is also key to achieving this UK first.<br><br>Congratulations and well done to all those involved.'<br><br>adverts.addToArray("pos":"inread_player")Advertisement