This is the Radixact Radiation Therapy X9, a revolutionary and innovative radiotherapy system. There are only nine units in the world, only two in Latin America, but of these the only active one is in Colombia, at the Astorga Oncology Clinic.
According to figures provided by the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2020 there were 19 million new cases of cancer in the world, 10 million of which resulted in death. In Latin America, it is the second leading cause of death; in the same year, 4 million new cases were counted, with 1.4 million deaths in people under 69 years of age.
Worldwide efforts tend to take successful steps towards early diagnosis and more effective treatments, achieving in the last decades to save lives in an important way. Thus, the word “cancer” is not synonymous with the end.
At the Astorga Oncology Clinic, we have scientific evidence as a basis, achieving to favor the patient by providing what he/she needs and removing what is not necessary. This is how we gain time for life and have safer, more precise and personalized procedures.
In this, technology is on our side. We have brought to the country a revolutionary and innovative radiotherapy system. In the world there are only nine Radixact Radiation Therapy X9 equipment, in Latin America the only one in operation is the one we make available to our patients.
It has been called “The Ferrari of linear accelerators” for the following reasons:
It is a combination of a tomograph and a linear accelerator. This allows for registration and positioning images.
It is an equipment with clinical superiority, since it provides more precise treatments and better clinical results for the patient. It treats metastatic lesions up to 3.4 millimeters.
It provides its service very quickly, with less exposure to the patient.
It provides precise information regarding location, shape, size, volume and all data required for radiation accuracy.
It uses intensity-modeled radiation to administer doses through unlimited rotation at 360 degrees while the table is moved, thus forming a helical geometry radiation.
It enables adaptive radiotherapy, i.e. it follows the tumor with respiration, which adds to the patient's comfort and also reduces the exposure time, allowing the patient to breathe freely, which eliminates repetitions.
Its Synchrony system allows more precise extracranial radiosurgery and where tumor movement is involved, with millimetric precision and protecting the surrounding organs.
Prostate, liver, bone marrow, breast and digestive cancers can be treated. Complex procedures such as intracranial and extracranial radiosurgery, cranio-spinal lesions, multiple metastases, pediatric treatments, total bone marrow irradiation, among others, can also be performed.
The equipment is useful for the treatment of small and difficult to access tumors where radiosurgery is necessary, as well as in large tumors where it can act as a primary or complementary treatment.
This technology changes the concept of radiotherapy, where the patient's quality of life comes first. This means:
Personalization of treatments.
High doses for shorter duration and frequency of sessions.
It is completely painless.
Provides greater comfort.
Fewer side effects.
Improvement of symptoms from the first sessions.
Shorter recovery time.
More quality time with your family.
For Astorga Oncology Clinic our patients are our priority, they are not alone in their fight against cancer. The best is available to them, allowing greater control of the disease and favoring life in every way.
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