TomoTherapy Radiation Treatment
What is TomoTherapy?
MakatiMed’s TomoTherapy is a new system for delivering the most advanced, image-guided radiation treatment using intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). It is a radiation treatment system that uniquely combines a CT scanner with its treatment delivery platform. Unlike conventional radiation therapy machines that deliver a wide beam of radiation from only a few angles, the TomoTherapy system allows doctors to continuously deliver precise targeted radiation beams, 360 degrees around a patient.
Combined with its 3D image-guided capability of verifying the location of the tumor prior to each daily treatment, MakatiMed’s TomoTherapy system ensures precise targeting of cancer cells while minimizing radiation dose to healthy tissues.
What are the benefits of TomoTherapy?
1. Advanced Radiation Treatment Delivered by a Fully Integrated System
The TomoTherapy system is designed to perform treatment planning, quality assurance, patient set-up and treatment delivery from an all-in-one centralized system. Because all patient and treatment information is stored in a single location, the risk of data transfer error is minimized. This level of integration allows doctors to scan and treat patients with a single piece of equipment, with more time to focus on the safety of the treatment.
2. Image-Guided Treatment Delivery
For radiotherapy to be effective, the anatomic position of the tumor and surrounding healthy tissue must be accurately defined. TomoTherapy takes radiation therapy a notch higher with its integrated 3D computed tomography (CT) system. This feature allows doctors to perform a quick CT scan before each treatment starts to verify that the patient is aligned accurately with the treatment plan and ensure that the prescribed radiation is focused on the tumor. This minimizes dose to surrounding healthy tissue, resulting in fewer and less severe side effects.
3. Adaptive Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy with Unparalleled Treatment Precision
By using daily CT imaging, doctors are able to track any changes in the shape and position of tumors. This enables the delivery of adaptive radiation therapy, where tumor response to treatment can be monitored on a daily basis and treatment plans adjusted and customized to accommodate these changes at any time during the course of treatment.
TomoTherapy radiation treatment is delivered using cutting-edge beam modulating technology. TomoTherapy radiation beams are further subdivided into smaller and narrower “beamlets”, with each beamlet delivering a different dose of radiation from all angles around a patient (spiral or helical treatment delivery). The different doses go to different parts of the tumor with less damage to the surrounding healthy tissue.
4. Simplified, Flexible, and Painless Treatment Process
The TomoTherapy system customizes treatment delivery specifically for each patient. It is capable of treating small, large and multiple tumors in multiple areas of the body, even during the same treatment course. It is non-invasive and as painless as having a CT scan or an X-ray examination. The unique design of the TomoTherapy unit results in superior treatment plans and improved clinical outcomes, with a greater potential for fewer and less severe side effects.
What is a typical TomoTherapy radiation treatment course like?
Similar to radiation therapy delivered by other modalities, patients undergo a treatment planning procedure prior to beginning TomoTherapy treatment. During treatment planning, doctors make use of CT or MRI imaging studies to define the size and shape of each tumor so that the appropriate radiation dose may be prescribed for it and the dose limits for the surrounding healthy tissue determined.
A typical TomoTherapy treatment course involves daily (Monday to Friday) visits. The patient may be fitted with a special device to help keep him properly and comfortably positioned as he lies on the treatment couch. Each radiation treatment usually takes 15 to 20 minutes. This includes time for positioning the patient on the treatment couch as well as the daily CT imaging process to be performed and treatment delivered.
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MakatiMed’s TomoTherapy is a new system for delivering the most advanced, image-guided radiation treatment using intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). It is a radiation treatment system that uniquely combines a CT scanner with its treatment delivery platform. Unlike conventional radiation therapy machines that deliver a wide beam of radiation from only a few angles, the TomoTherapy system allows doctors to continuously deliver precise targeted radiation beams, 360 degrees around a patient.
Combined with its 3D image-guided capability of verifying the location of the tumor prior to each daily treatment, MakatiMed’s TomoTherapy system ensures precise targeting of cancer cells while minimizing radiation dose to healthy tissues.
What are the benefits of TomoTherapy?
1. Advanced Radiation Treatment Delivered by a Fully Integrated System
The TomoTherapy system is designed to perform treatment planning, quality assurance, patient set-up and treatment delivery from an all-in-one centralized system. Because all patient and treatment information is stored in a single location, the risk of data transfer error is minimized. This level of integration allows doctors to scan and treat patients with a single piece of equipment, with more time to focus on the safety of the treatment.
2. Image-Guided Treatment Delivery
For radiotherapy to be effective, the anatomic position of the tumor and surrounding healthy tissue must be accurately defined. TomoTherapy takes radiation therapy a notch higher with its integrated 3D computed tomography (CT) system. This feature allows doctors to perform a quick CT scan before each treatment starts to verify that the patient is aligned accurately with the treatment plan and ensure that the prescribed radiation is focused on the tumor. This minimizes dose to surrounding healthy tissue, resulting in fewer and less severe side effects.
3. Adaptive Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy with Unparalleled Treatment Precision
By using daily CT imaging, doctors are able to track any changes in the shape and position of tumors. This enables the delivery of adaptive radiation therapy, where tumor response to treatment can be monitored on a daily basis and treatment plans adjusted and customized to accommodate these changes at any time during the course of treatment.
TomoTherapy radiation treatment is delivered using cutting-edge beam modulating technology. TomoTherapy radiation beams are further subdivided into smaller and narrower “beamlets”, with each beamlet delivering a different dose of radiation from all angles around a patient (spiral or helical treatment delivery). The different doses go to different parts of the tumor with less damage to the surrounding healthy tissue.
4. Simplified, Flexible, and Painless Treatment Process
The TomoTherapy system customizes treatment delivery specifically for each patient. It is capable of treating small, large and multiple tumors in multiple areas of the body, even during the same treatment course. It is non-invasive and as painless as having a CT scan or an X-ray examination. The unique design of the TomoTherapy unit results in superior treatment plans and improved clinical outcomes, with a greater potential for fewer and less severe side effects.
What is a typical TomoTherapy radiation treatment course like?
Similar to radiation therapy delivered by other modalities, patients undergo a treatment planning procedure prior to beginning TomoTherapy treatment. During treatment planning, doctors make use of CT or MRI imaging studies to define the size and shape of each tumor so that the appropriate radiation dose may be prescribed for it and the dose limits for the surrounding healthy tissue determined.
A typical TomoTherapy treatment course involves daily (Monday to Friday) visits. The patient may be fitted with a special device to help keep him properly and comfortably positioned as he lies on the treatment couch. Each radiation treatment usually takes 15 to 20 minutes. This includes time for positioning the patient on the treatment couch as well as the daily CT imaging process to be performed and treatment delivered.
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