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
2 Mar 2026
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
17 Feb 2026
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 Imagi...
10 Jan 2026
The Bigger Picture on Rectal Cancer
Maggie spoke to Tim Jones about his experience of rectal cancer. Tim ran a surfing school and he talks about the challenges of living with rectal cancer and maintaining his work as well as his experience of diagnosis and treatment of his cancer. This podcast was first published in 2021 from funding provided by King's College London School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Science Public Engagement Team.
10 Dec 2025
The Bigger Picture on Radioactive Nanomedicines for Ovarian Cancer
Maggie talked to Dr Peter Gawne about using radioactive nanomedicines for Ovarian Cancer. You don't know what a nanomedicine is? Listen to find out more. This episode was first published in 2021
24 Oct 2025
The Bigger Picture on Predicting the Outcome of Chemotherapy
Maggie spoke with Dr Tim Witney who is pioneering a new radiopharmaceutical which he hopes will be able to predict, very early in a patient's treatment, whether their chemotherapy is going to work. This podcast series was produced in 2021 by Maggie Cooper from the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King's College London.
24 Oct 2025
The Bigger Picture on Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Did you ever wonder whether different types of radioactivity might be better at treating different types of cancer? In this episode, Maggie talks to Dr Sam Terry who is working on radiation biology and she explains what the radioactivity is doing in the cell and why some types of radioactivity might be better than others. First thought, Maggie spoke to the father of a friend of hers; Vincent was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. We talk about his diagnosis and treatment, including his FDG sc...
24 Oct 2025
The Bigger Picture on Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST)
Maggie spoke to Chris about his experience with gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST), how he found out that he had this rare type of cancer and the treatment he has had since. This podcast series was produced in 2021 by Maggie Cooper from the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King's College London.
24 Oct 2025
The Bigger Picture on Ovarian Cancer
Maggie speaks to Maxine who was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer in the middle of the pandemic. We discuss her diagnosis and treatment. Maggie also caught up with Prof James Spicer who heads up a unit carrying our early phase clinical trials in the hospital. This podcast series was produced in 2021 by Maggie Cooper from the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King's College London.
24 Oct 2025
The Bigger Picture on Living with Prostate Cancer
John had lots of helpful information to share with Maggie about breaking bad news to patients, the support that is available to patients and he explains about the Nuclear Medicine scans that he has had to check that his bones are clear of cancer. This podcast series was produced in 2021 by Maggie Cooper from the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King's College London.
24 Oct 2025
The Bigger Picture on Lobular Breast Cancer
Maggie spoke to Darlaine about her experience with a less common type of breast cancer called Lobular Breast Cancer. It really is quite different from normal breast cancer and is more difficult to diagnose and manage. Maggie also spoke to Dr George Keeling who is working on developing a new simple method to make a new radiopharmaceutical to detect bone metastases that may result from cancers such as breast cancer or prostate cancer. Here he describes his 'pot noodle' approach to making drugs ...
24 Oct 2025
The Bigger Picture on PET Imaging of Prostate Cancer
In this episode Maggie talks to Clive about his experience with prostate cancer. She also talks to two scientists in the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences about a new Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Radiopharmaceutical. Prof Gary Cook has been involved in a trial on the new radiopharmaceutical and Dr Jennifer Young was involved in the development of a kit to make it easy to make this new radiopharmaceutical. This podcast series was produced in 2021 by Maggie Cooper from...
24 Oct 2025
The Bigger Picture on Sentinel Lymph Node Imaging
In this episode Maggie talks to Rachel about her Sentinel Lymph Node Imaging and with Dr Julia Blower about research into new methods for Sentinel Lymph Node Imaging which we are researching using iron oxide particles. This podcast series was produced in 2021 by Maggie Cooper from the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King's College London.
24 Oct 2025
The Bigger Picture - Introductory Episode
This podcast series was produced in 2021 by Maggie Cooper from the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King's College London. This episode gives an introduction to the podcast and what it is about. Future episodes look at specific types of cancer, Maggie talks to people who have experience of that cancer as well as researchers within the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences who are doing research related to cancer. It brings together both patient ex...
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