WHAT IS TOMOTHERAPY?

TOMOTHERAPY

TomoTherapy, a deposed form of IMRT, is the most recent vector outlines. First used in 2003, TomoTherapy treatment is so new, many oncologists are not yet trained in this respect. The term TomoTherapy comes from the Greek word "tomos" meaning "section. Computed tomography, for example, is technology images "sections" of the body, more generally called "segments" of the medical community of medical imaging. Thus, TomoTherapy could be referred to as "slice therapy".

«Cutting» comes from ability of TomoTherapy radiation to be delivered from multiple angles, instead of different fixed positions, such as the delivery of system around the patient. The combination of these technologies allows radiation oncologists to an image to a tumor site updates, patient's treatment, immediately to the right before the delivery of mail and adjustments to last minute if necessary.

TomoTherapy essentially provides the delivery of more accurate, higher the dose radiotherapy while minimizing damage to healthy tissue and 6as hours of treatment and recovery.

TomoTherapy is commonly used to treat lung cancer, head and neck, breast, prostate and other cancers. If you look at the treatment options and the desire to consider TomoTherapy, you must ask your doctor about it. As a radiation oncologist will TomoTherapy for you, which is specially trained to TomoTherapy. Because of the limited distribution retrieved some doctors a TomoTherapy training during their stay. However, because TomoTherapy is a combination of existing technologies, the level of experience specifically in TomoTherapy is less important than the total experience of the physician in radiation therapy.