Radiation Therapy

The greatest challenge for Radiation Therapy is to attain the highest probability of cure with the least side effects.

Modern advances in computers and the parallel advances in imaging and biomedical engineering have allowed a higher level of complexity to be incorporated into radiation treatment planning and delivery. This has resulted in better localisation of tumours, more accurate delivery of radiation into the tumour and better avoidance of radiation high doses into normal tissues.

Our Centre offers proven radiation treatment for cancers and benign tumours. These treatments are either carried out alone or as part of a multi-modality treatment (with chemotherapy or surgery).

The treatments include:

• Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
• Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
• 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy
• Conventional Radiation Therapy
• Stereotactic Radiation Therapy
• Radiosurgery
• Brachytherapy and Implants

We are the first in Southeast Asia to provide TomoTherapy (Image-Guided Radiation Therapy) using a TomoTherapy HI-ART System since March 2006.

It delivers precise treatment doses to the tumour and minimum radiation is deposited on healthy tissue.

With this system, the radiation oncologist and therapists can check the location of the patient’s tumour before each treatment, using the computed tomography images taken with the machine, before delivering painless and precise radiation therapy based on a carefully customised plan.