TomoTherapy

Why choose Tomotherapy®

• It uses daily CT images based on the patient's anatomy and the structure of the tumour at the time of treatment, contrary to other methods that use the treatment plan of the previous week or month.
• It irradiates the tumour from all sides with highly precise radiation beams.
  
  

  

• It minimises the possible extension of the radiation to the healthy tissue adjacent to the lesion.
• It adapts to patient needs daily and automatically corrects the treatment plan if necessary.

The Advantages of TomoTherapy

• It does not require a lengthy and arduous preparation and planning process.
• It can target small, large and multiple lesions.
  
  

  

• It locates the tumour daily, before each treatment.
• It minimises radiation exposure to adjacent healthy tissue.
• It has no restrictions on the shape, size, type and site of the tumour to be treated.

Total metastases irradiation

When multiple metastases are present, TomoTherapy can target visible tumours in multiple areas of the body with high radiation doses, while limiting damage to healthy tissue.
In this case, the doctors use TomoTherapy in combination with chemotherapy, which helps treat smaller metastatic sites, called micrometastases, that may not be visible or treatable only with targeted radiation.

Brain tumours

TomoTherapy allows doctors to treat metastatic brain tumours.
The cancer that has spread to the brain from other parts of the body can be treated with the following steps:
First, the whole brain is treated with a moderately low dose of radiation, not strong enough to damage the brain, but enough to eliminate cancer cells that cannot be seen on scans
Then, the doctors use TomoTherapy to treat all visible tumours by adjusting the radiation, while avoiding damage to healthy cells.

Head & neck cancer

TomoTherapy® makes it possible to treat the lymph nodes in the neck, tongue, oesophagus, and larynx while avoiding injury to the salivary glands. Damage to the salivary glands results in dry mouth.

Being the only radiotherapy standard accepted by the scientific community for the management of complex cases, TomoTherapy® displays a comparative advantage over existing radiotherapy methods and can manage a wide range of cancers such as those of the brain, skull base, neck, spine, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, abdomen, prostate, gynaecological cancers, anal and rectal cancers, sarcomas, lesions of the skin, limbs, breasts, as well as other cancers.

• It can be used in both adults and children.
• It can be used in multiple tumours simultaneously.
• It is a quick, painless procedure that allows patients to return to their daily activities after treatment.
• The entire process is akin to that of a CT scan.
• The main difference compared to other radiotherapy methods, which also constitutes its comparative advantage, is that the daily images from the CT scanner allow accurate repositioning of the patient before each session, and adjustment of the radiotherapy plan in case of anatomical changes of the patient, or shrinking of the tumour.

Prostate cancer

• It uses the computed tomography images to confirm the exact shape and location of a tumour in the prostate, just minutes before the start of treatment.
• It can target even hard-to-reach areas with small, powerful and precise radiation beams in a 360-degree range.
• It minimises treatment-induced side effects in adjacent healthy tissues.
• It avoids exposure to radiation and protects muscle tissue, the spine, lungs and other sensitive organs.