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Written by a NHS patient at Royal Surrey County Hospital
18th July 2021


I was diagnosed with stage 4 advanced & aggressive Prostate cancer in April 2016 at the rather advanced age of 77 years. Doctor Perna couldn’t promise because of my age to get me on the Stampede course of treatment. As an ex international athlete I was in good physical condition for my age. Doctor Perna got me on the course, a huge thank you to her. Chemotherapy & radiotherapy followed with a bout of Sepsis + Pulmonary Embolism (after the chemo). I am now passed the 5 year expectancy am a bit weaker than I would like to be needing to play golf using a buggy but I will be 82 in December! My thanks to doctors Perna & Laing + all staff at Saint Luke’s. I am now planning my trip to St Andrews for next years open golf championship.

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Dr Carla Perna qualified in 2009 in Italy, she trained as Radiation Oncologist and spent 2 years doing research in pelvic radiotherapy at the University College of London Hospital. She has been appointed as Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford, and Frimley Park Hospital in Camberley. She specialises in urological cancers with a particular interest in prostate and testicular cancers.

She is an MRI Linac specialist, treating prostate cancer with hypofractionated radiotherapy in 5 fractions only using MRI targeted radiation treatment.

With her team, she performs 400 prostate brachytherapy cases a year using both Low- dose-rate and High-dose-rate technique.

Carla is heavily involved in research, having been the Principal Investigator for most of the urological trials, including those using the newest radiotherapy techniques with hypo fractionation and SpaceOAR, systemic treatment including immunotherapy for prostate cancer and Theranostic (Lutetium PSMA for metastatic prostate cancer).