A SEDGEMOOR campaigner for revolutionary cancer treatment says one of her husband's dying wishes has at last been fulfilled.

The Mercury has reported how Ruth Peberdy has been tirelessly calling for a Cyberknife system to be brought to Bridgwater Hospital since her husband Ron's death of pancreatic cancer in 2005.

NHS Somerset says the non-invasive treatment, which uses high-density radiation beams to kills cancer cells, is too expensive.

However, patients here WILL at last have the chance to access it.

Derriford Hospital in Plymouth has become the first NHS hospital to fully fund a Cyberknife centre, which should open late next year.

Ruth said: “Ron would have been so delighted.

“The Derriford centre will serve patients from the tip of Cornwall to Bristol and will be an amazing tool for treating tumours normally too difficult and dangerous to access by invasive surgery.

“It is also good news for those diagnosed with prostate cancer and has shown excellent results in the treatment of this killer disease in numerous people treated around the world.

“Before Ron died I told him I would do all in my power to bring Cyberknife to the South-West and I will continue to work towards that goal so all who could benefit from treatment with Cyberknife will have access to it, however long it takes.”

The London Freemasons, of which Ron was a member, has also agreed to pay for Cyberknife at St Bartholemew's Hospital in London.

Ruth said she would continue to fight for a Cyberknife system in Bridgwater.