What should I expect from my treatment?
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Effectiveness
Radiotherapy is a very effective, non-invasive treatment.
It is used with curative intent alone or in combination with surgery and/or other cancer treatments.
It delivers a lethal dose to the tumour.
It increases local disease control and survival.
Efficacy rates
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Disease control as the primary treatment
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Organ and function preservation in combined therapy
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Pain and symptom control in disseminated tumours
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Safety
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Safety
External radiation therapy won’t hurt or burn. You won’t see or smell the radiation, however you may hear a buzzing sound when the machine is on. You will NOT be radioactive
Your radiotherapist and radiophysicist will plan your treatment to the millimetre, with daily adaptive treatment and re-planning of the volume to be irradiated when necessary.
Our machine’s advances have increased safety during tretament administration due to:
– Integrated imaging systems, using the shape and position of the tumour as visualised during treatment.
– The Synchrony system, which allows real-time tumour. The beam targets where the tumour is, at that moment in time, preventing a dose of radiation to non-tumour tissue.
The result is a radiotherapy that minimizes short and long-term side effects.
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Quality of life
The aim of treatment is to not only add years of life but also to add quality to years of life.
It preserves organs and their function:
- Voice preservation
- Preservation of sexual function
- Scar-free
- Sphincter control
- Pain relief
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Continuation of daily life
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Continuation of daily life
Treatment does not require admission, the patient can continue with every-day activities after each treatment session.
Treatment designed for you:
– often shorter generally 10-20 minutes per session.
– in as fewer as possible, in some cases only 1- 5 sessions.
What is your cancer?
Select the location of your cancer to learn more about your treatment
Central nervous system tumours
- Non-invasive treatment, no general anaesthetic or incision
- Treatment of inoperable tumours (reaches areas where surgery cannot)
- Improvement in disease control
- Fewer and more effective sessions
- Improved preservation of cognitive function
- Limits radiation in healthy brain tissue
- Adapts to the tumour
- Safer re-irradiation possible
Central nervous system tumours
- Non-invasive treatment, no general anaesthetic or incision
- Treatment of inoperable tumours (reaches areas where surgery cannot)
- Improvement in disease control
- Fewer and more effective sessions
- Improved preservation of cognitive function
- Limits radiation in healthy brain tissue
- Adapts to the tumour
- Safer re-irradiation possible
Tumours of the head and neck
- Alternative to surgery, no marks or scars.
- Preservation of function: voice preservation.
- Improvement in disease control.
- Symptom control in advanced disease.
- More effective treatment in a shorter time.
- Treatment zone adjustment.
- Adapts to the tumour and the patient.
- Safer re-irradiation.
Tumours of the head and neck
- Alternative to surgery, no marks or scars.
- Preservation of function: voice preservation.
- Improvement in disease control.
- Symptom control in advanced disease.
- More effective treatment in a shorter time.
- Treatment zone adjustment.
- Adapts to the tumour and the patient.
- Safer re-irradiation.
Lung Cancer
- Curative treatment, non-invasive alternative to surgery.
- Ideal treatment for inoperable tumours.
- Helps control pain or breathing difficulty.
- Less radiation to healthy tissue, helps to maintain respiratory capacity.
- It breathes with you, in synchronisation with respiratory movement, during the session.
- Reduced side effects.
- Fewer days (sessions) of treatment.
- Greater comfort during the session.
Lung Cancer
- Curative treatment, non-invasive alternative to surgery.
- Ideal treatment for inoperable tumours.
- Helps control pain or breathing difficulty.
- Less radiation to healthy tissue, helps to maintain respiratory capacity.
- It breathes with you, in synchronisation with respiratory movement, during the session.
- Reduced side effects.
- Fewer days (sessions) of treatment.
- Greater comfort during the session.
Breast cancer
- Indicated in the majority of cases.
- Non-invasive treatment, no anaesthetic.
- Reduces the risk of recurrence after conservative surgery.
- Helps to control symptoms.
- Delivery of a more uniform, homogeneous dose.
- Higher precision.
- Fewer side effects.
- Adapts to the tumour.
Hepatobiliary and pancreatic tumours
- Non-invasive curative treatment.
- Alternative in tumours where other treatments have been ruled out.
- Enables surgery, in some cases.
- Improves pain caused by the tumour.
- Synchronisation with tumour motion.
- Reduction in side effects.
- Shorter treatments.
- Safer re-irradiation in recurrent disease.
Hepatobiliary and pancreatic tumours
- Non-invasive curative treatment.
- Alternative in tumours where other treatments have been ruled out.
- Enables surgery, in some cases.
- Improves pain caused by the tumour.
- Synchronisation with tumour motion.
- Reduction in side effects.
- Shorter treatments.
- Safer re-irradiation in recurrent disease.
Gastrointestinal tumours:
- Tratamiento de elección en tumores anales.
- En tumores de recto aumenta la posibilidad de cirugía con conservación de esfínter anal (evitar bolsa colostomía).
- En estadios avanzados es fundamental para el control de la enfermedad.
- Ayuda a controlar los síntomas (sangrado o dolor).
- Reduce los efectos secundarios.
- Se adapta a los cambios del tumor.
Gastrointestinal tumours:
- Treatment of choice in anal tumours.
- Improvement in likelihood of sphincter-preserving surgery (to prevent the need for colostomy) in rectal tumours.
- In advanced stages it is fundamental for disease control.
- Reduction in side effects.
- Adapts to changes in the tumour.
Prostate cancer
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- Reduced side effects.
- Fewer, more effective sessions.
- More comfortable for the patient.
- Curative treatment, non-invasive alternative to surgery.
- Improved preservation of sexual function.
- Improved maintenance of urinary continence.
- Safe rescue treatment after surgery.
- Synchronisation with tumour motion. Safer and more precise.
- It affects a smaller area of the bladder.
- Reduced side effects.
- Fewer, more effective sessions.
- More comfortable for the patient.
Genitourinary tumours
- Non-invasive, pain-free treatment, alternative to surgery.
- Helps to control the disease.
- Bladder preservation (avoids a stoma bag).
- Helps to control symptoms such as pain or bleeding when passing urine.
- Higher precision and safety.
- The bladder volume (amount of urine) and rectal volume (faecal or gas content) have less effect.
- Shorter (fewer sessions) and effective treatments.
- More comfortable for the patient.
Genitourinary tumours
- Non-invasive, pain-free treatment, alternative to surgery.
- Helps to control the disease.
- Bladder preservation (avoids a stoma bag).
- Helps to control symptoms such as pain or bleeding when passing urine.
- Higher precision and safety.
- The bladder volume (amount of urine) and rectal volume (faecal or gas content) have less effect.
- Shorter (fewer sessions) and effective treatments.
- More comfortable for the patient.
Gynaecological Tumours
- Treatment of choice for inoperable advanced tumours.
- Reduced risk of locoregional recurrence after surgery.
- Symptom control (bleeding or pain).
- Safer and more precise.
- The bladder volume (amount of urine) and rectal volume (faecal or gas content) have less effect.
- Fewer side effects. .
- More comfortable for the patient,
- Safer re-irradiation.
Haematological tumours
- Good and rapid response to treatment.
- Enables treatment of different areas at the same time, including total body irradiation (TBI).
- Improvement in symptom control (bone pain with or without soft tissue mass).
- Adapts to changes in tumour volume and the patient's anatomy.
- Fewer side effects.
- More comfortable for the patient.
Metastasis
- Good and rapid response to treatment.
- Enables treatment of different areas at the same time, including total body irradiation (TBI).
- Improvement in symptom control (bone pain with or without soft tissue mass).
- Adapts to changes in tumour volume and the patient's anatomy.
- Fewer side effects.
- More comfortable for the patient.
Sarcomas
- Non-invasive, pain-free treatment.
- Improvement in local disease control and survival.
- Facilitates surgery.
- Prevention of traumatic surgery (amputation).
- Well tolerated, allows normal daily life during treatment.
- Adapts to changes in the tumour and/or the patient.
Sarcomas
- Non-invasive, pain-free treatment.
- Improvement in local disease control and survival.
- Facilitates surgery.
- Prevention of traumatic surgery (amputation).
- Well tolerated, allows normal daily life during treatment.
- Adapts to changes in the tumour and/or the patient.
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