According to experts who state that the risk of side effects has decreased compared to 10 years ago, thanks to innovations in cancer treatment.
When performing radiotherapy, cancerous cells are now targeted with higher accuracy
and healthy tissues are protected more.
Medicana International Ankara Hospital Radiation Oncology Specialist Prof. Dr. Kaan Oysul:
Radiotherapy allows the tumor to shrink by applying X-rays to the tumor and/or reduces complaints such as pain due to tumor
compression. In fact, we can kill all tumors with radiation energy, as long as we can protect the healthy tissues around the tumor. Technological developments in recent years have brought us very close to this goal. Now, compared to 10 years ago, we protect the healthy tissue more
and provide more effective treatments.
After the sensitive controls of the treatment with VERSA HD, which we started to use, irradiation is only
minutes. It is completed within a short period of time and the patient is offered a shorter and more effective treatment. It also provides the opportunity to perform accurate treatment with high accuracy. "Breathing adjustable" Thanks to its radiotherapy feature, it provides a significant advantage in the treatment of breast cancer. Thus, it is possible to better protect the lung, heart and breast in breast cancer treatment and to prevent late side effects that may occur after 15-20 years due to radiation. Another feature, "6-dimensional table" Thanks to this feature, it provides the opportunity to correct the errors detected in the position of the patient, which is checked by tomography before the treatment, in 6 dimensions and eliminates the risk of irradiation of the wrong areas. "Symmetry" In its feature, even if the patient is given the correct position before the treatment, it is against the risk of being surprised by the target caused by the movement of the internal organs during the treatment; It is also possible to control the area to be treated and the surrounding tissues. In this way, we can apply successful treatments
in diseases such as lung cancer, where movement is highest.
Thanks to all these features, we can perform radiotherapy to the tumor with much higher accuracy
. As a result, we can apply more effective treatments with fewer side effects. We are reducing cancer death rates every day.
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