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The TrueBeam real-time imaging and treatment system is now available at our Flint location and being installed in Marquette, Michigan, as well. A fully-integrated design, it treats moving tumors with unprecedented speed and accuracy. TrueBeam incorporates numerous technical innovations that synchronize imaging, patient positioning, motion management, and treatment delivery during radiotherapy or radiosurgery. The system delivers the appropriate dose more than twice as fast as any other linear accelerators and streamlines workflow to significantly reduce the number of steps needed to complete a treatment.
The increased level of precision enables McLaren Cancer Institute oncologists to treat moving lung tumors as if they were standing still. By synchronizing treatment with tumor position changes throughout the respiratory cycle, physicians can reduce the margin of healthy tissue affected by the treatment beam. The TrueBeam system delivers gated RapidArc radiotherapy, which compensates for tumor motion by synchronizing imaging with dose delivery during a continuous rotation around the patient. This capability makes for an even more powerful tool for treating cancers of the thorax, such as lung and liver cancer, when tumor motion is an issue. |
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