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Radiology for Cancer at Middlesex Hospital

An administrative change that was inaugurated on October 27th at Middlesex Hospital has been described by eminent medical authorities as one of the most striking advances in British radiology. Through the munificence of an anonymous donor the hospital has been guaranteed five beds for seven years, these beds to be in the charge of the hospital radiologist, in order that cancer patients who wish to avoid surgical operation can have radiological treatment if such treatment is considered advisable.

Cancer patients at Middlesex Hospital have hitherto been classed as surgical cases, being passed on to the radiological department only at the discretion of the surgeon. The new arrangement by which patients can go direct from their own medical adviser to the radiological department is not only a recognition of the growing importance of radiological treatment, but also marks a step forward in the closer co-operation between surgeons and radiologists. Middlesex Hospital, it is believed, is the first institution of its kind in Great Britain to adopt this new arrangement, but similar conditions have for some time prevailed in a few of the leading American hospitals, notably in New York and Philadelphia.