Tomotherapy Is A New Method Of Cancer Treatment

2024 Author: Josephine Shorter | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 21:43

Tomotherapy is a new method of cancer treatment

For many who are diagnosed with cancer, life is completely different. But today, in Russia, there are technologies at the level of world standards to combat this disease, which make it possible to increase the life expectancy of cancer patients, reduce mortality, disability and side effects.

In the Republic of Tatarstan, in Kazan in 2017, a clinic was opened - the Privolzhsky center of tomotherapy "Saknur", on the basis of which an innovative radiation therapy device of the latest generation TomoTherapyHD, manufactured by the American company Accurey, was installed.

TomoTherapyHD is a unique system that combines a CT scanner and a linear electron accelerator. With the advent of this system, the concept of tomotherapy entered radiation therapy. Treatment with a tomotherapy system is carried out according to international standards and protocols using a modern technique - IMRT (Intensity-modulated radiation therapy - intensity-modulated radiation therapy). This technique allows you to minimize the radiation load on healthy tissues and organs, thereby improving the tolerance of treatment, reducing radiation damage to vital organs, and improving the patient's quality of life.

TomoTherapyHD features

• The device allows the most accurate delivery of a therapeutic dose of radiation to the affected areas, visually monitoring the position of the tumor in the patient's body.
• Daily imaging and precise positioning of the patient minimizes the amount of exposure;
• Simultaneous irradiation of several tumors;
• Irradiation of extended tumors (up to 135 cm) without joining fields and repositioning the patient. Whereas accelerators of the previous generation cover the size of the irradiation 40 by 40 cm in one session. Further placement of the patient during the repeated procedure leads to the layering of borders and irradiation of healthy cells of the body;
• Possibility of implementing dose distributions of the most complex forms and sizes of neoplasms;

Tomotherapy is the last word in the treatment of malignant and benign tumors, it is used as an independent method of treatment, and in combination with chemotherapy and surgical treatment. With the help of this technology, effective radiation is carried out without side effects: tumors of the head and neck, spine and spinal cord, Hodgkin's lymphoma, total bone marrow irradiation, mesothelioma, sarcoma, lung cancer, prostate, stomach, bladder and breast cancer, malignant neoplasms of the cervix, rectum, esophagus, central nervous system, metastases, etc.

Benefits of treatment in Russia, at PCT "Saknur" LLC

• Our center has the best TomoTherapyTomoHD radiation therapy equipment for today, which makes it possible to significantly increase the quality and life expectancy of patients.
• We employ highly qualified doctors with colossal practical experience in oncology, radiology and neurosurgery for over 15 years.
• The well-coordinated work of doctors, medical physicists and medical operators ensures the high quality of radiation therapy. Our specialists underwent training and advanced training in the country of the equipment manufacturer.
• Comfortable organization of the treatment process. During the treatment, the patient is surrounded by attention and care.

• Loyalty of the prices provided by the treatment services at TomoTherapyHD. The cost is at least 4 times lower than for similar treatment in the USA, Germany, Israel.
• Opportunity to get a consultation "Second expert opinion" in leading medical centers in the USA, Turkey, Russia and Europe.
• Travel and accommodation costs in Kazan are comparatively lower than abroad. Nonresident patients are provided with free transfer services, as well as assistance with accommodation (in a hotel, boarding house, apartments).
• Undergoing treatment in the third capital of Russia - in Kazan - the center of historical and cultural heritage, in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Safe location and absence of a language barrier for citizens of the Russian Federation and CIS countries.

Tomotherapy has been used worldwide since 2003 in leading clinics in the USA, Europe and Japan. In Russia, the device of the latest TomoHD series is located only in the Volga Tomotherapy Center "Saknur" in Kazan. For residents of the Republic of Tatarstan, treatment is free of charge under the compulsory medical insurance policy. For residents of other regions on the basis of HMP quotas and on a paid basis. Treatment takes place on the territory of the Center for Nuclear Medicine of the Republican Clinical Oncological Dispensary of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan at the address: Kazan, st. Siberian tract, 29, building B. Consultations are held at the address: Kazan, st. Lushnikova 10, room 1N, telephone for appointment (843) 590-40-40, e-mail: [email protected]

This Center has attracted a lot of attention from the medical community throughout Russia and the CIS countries. You can find more detailed information on indications and contraindications for tomotherapy on our website www.tomoterapy.ru