Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology
| Formation | 1953 (as Gray Laboratory at Mount Vernon Hospital) |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Radiation biology research |
| Headquarters | Department of Oncology |
| Location | |
Region served |
 United Kingdom |
Director | Professor Gillies Mckenna |
| Affiliations |
Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) Cancer Research UK |
| Website |
www |
Formerly called |
Gray Cancer Institute Gray Laboratory |
The Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology is an institute dedicated to research on radiobiology and radiotherapy. It is funded by the charity Cancer Research UK and the Medical Research Council and is based at the University of Oxford's Department of Oncology.[1]
History
The institute was founded as the Gray Laboratory at Mount Vernon Hospital by Louis Harold Gray in 1953 [2] as the world's first radiobiological institute.[3] Early research focused on the "Oxygen effect" to improve radio sensitivity of tumours.[4] The institute at Mount Vernon was home to a unique 4MeV heavy ion Van de Graaff accelerator.[5]
Research on the effects of oxygenation has continued, as well as other projects and collaborations including work on proton accelerators.[6] The institute remained at Mount Vernon Hospital until 2008 when it relocated to Oxford after the Gray Laboratory Cancer Research Trust became a wholly owned subsidiary of the University.[7]
References
- ↑ "About Us CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology". www.radiationoncology.ox.ac.uk. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ "Why Gray? — Radiating Oncology". radiating.oncology.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ "LH Gray Memorial Trust: About L.H. Gray". www.lhgraytrust.org. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ Rockwell, Sara; Dobrucki, Iwona; Kim, Eugene; Marrison, S.; Vu, Van (1 May 2009). "Hypoxia and Radiation Therapy: Past History, Ongoing Research, and Future Promise". Current Molecular Medicine. 9 (4): 442–458. doi:10.2174/156652409788167087. PMC 2752413
. - ↑ Folkard, Melvyn; Vojnovic, Boris; Prise, Kevin M; Michael, Barry D (April 2002). "The application of charged-particle microbeams in radiobiology". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 188 (1-4): 49–54. doi:10.1016/S0168-583X(01)01007-2.
- ↑ "Gray Cancer Institute: past, present, future - MedicalPhysicsWeb". medicalphysicsweb.org. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ↑ "Gray Cancer institute". Gray Laboratory Cancer Research Trust. 2008. Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2016-05-20.