Hi-tech PBT system installed in Harley Street building

Here Julian Best, Property Investment and Strategy director at The Howard de Walden Estate, Jonathan Farr and Lee Forrest, Chief Clinical Officer, and Vice-President, Clinical Operations, respectively, at Advanced Oncotherapy, and David Wright, associate at Sonnemann Toon Architects, describe an ambitious project to install the first such system inside listed buildings within a conservation area in London’s Harley Street. 

One of the strengths of the LIGHT (Linac for Image Guided Hadron Therapy) system is that it can be installed closer to where their patients live. An excellent example is Advanced Oncotherapy’s new treatment centre in London’s Harley Street Medical Area (HSMA) – a worldclass centre of medical excellence in the heart of Marylebone, central London. Renowned for its outstanding patient care, pioneering treatments, and use of cutting-edge technologies, the area is home to more than 5,000 practitioners, small clinics, and full-scale hospitals covering 200 medical specialisms.

The Howard de Walden Estate is the major landlord in the HSMA. Its Property Investment and Strategy director, Julian Best, said: “The HSMA is located in one of the world’s most prosperous and wellconnected cities. It is within easy reach of London’s five international airports, and is close to many domestic transport hubs. There are very few places in the world quite so accessible to patients and staff. This was one of the key reasons that the HSMA was chosen by Advanced Oncotherapy as the ideal location to install its first LIGHT system.”