Gregory Smyth

Clinical Research Physicist in Radiotherapy

Joint Department of Physics at The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHSFT

Biography

Gregory Smyth is an experienced clinical scientist in the Joint Department of Physics at The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Fountation Trust. His research interests include non-coplanar trajectories for volumetric arc therapy, paediatric radiotherapy, and quality assurance for clinical trials.

Interests

Radiotherapy physics
Paediatric radiotherapy
Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Education

PhD in Medical Physics, 2018

Institute of Cancer Research, University of London
MSc in Medical Physics, 2002

University of Aberdeen
BSc in Medical Physics, 2001

University of Aberdeen

Recent Publications

Gregory Smyth, Philip M Evans, Jeffrey C Bamber, Henry C Mandeville, A Rollo Moore, Liam C Welsh, Frank H Saran, James L Bedford. Delivery accuracy of dynamic couch rotation during volumetric modulated arc therapy (DCR-VMAT) for primary brain tumours. Submitted, 2018.

Enrica Seravalli, Mirjam Bosman, Yasmin Lassen-Ramshad, Anne Vestergaard, Foppe Oldenburger, Jorrit Visser, Efi Koutsouveli, Chryssa Paraskevopoulou, Gail Horan, Thankamma Ajithkumar, Beate Timmermann, Carolina-Sofia Fuentes, Gillian Whitfield, Thomas Marchant, Laetitia Padovani, Eloise Garnier, Lorenza Gandola, Silvia Meroni, Bianca AW Hoeben, Martijn Kusters, Claire Alapetite, Sandra Losa, Farid Goudjil, Henriette Magelssen, Morten Egeberg Evensen, Frank Saran, Gregory Smyth, Barbara Rombi, Roberto Righetto, Rolf-Dieter Kortmann, Geert O Janssens. Dosimetric comparison of five different techniques for craniospinal irradiation across 15 European centers: analysis on behalf of the SIOP-E-BTG (radiotherapy working group). In Acta Oncol, 2018.

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Gregory Smyth, Philip M Evans, Jeffrey C Bamber, Henry C Mandeville, Liam C Welsh, Frank H Saran, James L Bedford. Non-coplanar trajectories to improve organ at risk sparing in volumetric modulated arc therapy for primary brain tumors. In Radiother. Oncol., 2016.

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James L Bedford, Gregory Smyth, Ian M Hanson, Alison C Tree, David P Dearnaley, Vibeke N Hansen. Quality of treatment plans and accuracy of in vivo portal dosimetry in hybrid intensity-modulated radiation therapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy for prostate cancer. In Radiother. Oncol., 2016.

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Gregory Smyth, Jeffrey C Bamber, Philip M Evans, James L Bedford. Trajectory optimization for dynamic couch rotation during volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy. In Phys. Med. Biol., 2013.

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James L Bedford, Michael D R Thomas, Gregory Smyth. Beam modeling and VMAT performance with the Agility 160-leaf multileaf collimator. In J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys., 2013.

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Gregory Smyth, Hazel M McCallum, Michael J M Pearson, Gill P Lawrence. Comparison of a simple dose-guided intervention technique for prostate radiotherapy with existing anatomical image guidance methods. In Brit. J. Radiol., 2012.

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Sanjoy Chatterjee, Judith H Mott, Gregory Smyth, Susan Dickson, Werner Dobrowsky, Charles G Kelly. Clinical challenges in the implementation of a tomotherapy service for head and neck cancer patients in a regional UK radiotherapy centre. In Brit. J. Radiol., 2011.

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Gregory Smyth, Hazel M McCallum, Elizabeth L Lambert, Gill P Lawrence. A dose distribution overlay technique for image guidance during prostate radiotherapy. In Brit. J. Radiol., 2008.

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Recent & Upcoming Talks

Projects

Contact

gregDOTsmyth@icr.ac.uk
Joint Department of Physics, The Royal Marsden NHSFT, Downs Road, Sutton, London SM2 5PT