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At Palo Verde Cancer Center, we’re proud to offer a complete suite of cancer treatment services to help our patients overcome their cancer and reclaim a healthy, happy life. We offer everything from diagnostic lab & imaging services to high-precision radiation oncology and chemotherapy treatments, providing our patients a comprehensive solution to cancer care and treatment.
One of our most powerful treatment options is TrueBeam: a revolutionary radiation oncology system that allows our doctors to treat a wide variety of cancers. TrueBeam lets us deliver high-dose radiation with extreme accuracy and precision, providing a powerful, non-surgical solution to cancer treatment. TrueBeam combines advanced medical imaging and motion tracking technologies, creating a sophisticated treatment method that can effectively treat a wide variety of cancers throughout the body.
TrueBeam is an advanced system for radiotherapy, delivering powerful radiation-based cancer treatments accurately, precisely, and noninvasively. It uses some of the most advanced image and motion-tracking software in the world, letting us deliver radiation to a tumor with pinpoint accuracy even as the tumor moves during normal breathing. We can use TrueBeam to treat lung, breast, prostate, head and neck, and a variety of other cancers – all without the need for surgery or uncomfortable chemotherapy.
Radiotherapy is a safe, effective cancer treatment method that uses precision doses of radiation to treat cancerous tumors instead of physical surgery. This radiation damages the DNA of cancer cells, preventing them from growing and spreading and helping to treat the cancerous growth.
While the word “radiation” may make you think of radioactive waste, TrueBeam works with a different form of radiation – in fact, the radiation used by TrueBeam is simply another form of light. TrueBeam uses a device called a linear accelerator to shape and aim a beam of energy at the tumor, and it can aim this beam from multiple angles to treat every side of the tumor. TrueBeam’s advanced imaging and breath-tracking technology allow it to deliver a maximum dose of radiation to the tumor while protecting surrounding tissues from damage, making for a non-invasive treatment with limited side effects.
While cancer treatment used to require painful chemotherapy or surgeries with prolonged recovery times, TrueBeam makes cancer treatment simple, effective, and comfortable. TrueBeam comes with a number of unique advantages:
The TrueBeam™ system is an advanced radiotherapy system from Varian Medical Systems that delivers powerful cancer treatments with pinpoint accuracy and precision. It uniquely integrates advanced imaging and motion management technologies within a sophisticated new architecture that makes it possible to deliver treatments more quickly while monitoring and compensating for tumor motion, opening the door to new possibilities for the treatment of lung, breast, prostate, head and neck, as well as other cancers.
Radiotherapy has been used as a safe, effective treatment for cancer for many years. In fact, nearly two out of every three cancer patients receive some type of radiotherapy during their treatment. Radiotherapy works by limiting the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Radiation disrupts the DNA of these fast-growing cancer cells and prevents them from replicating.
The radiation is generated by a machine called a linear accelerator, which shapes beams of energy with varying intensities. These beams can be aimed at a tumor from multiple angles to attack it in a 3-D manner. The TrueBeam System delivers the lowest dose possible to the surrounding healthy tissue, while still delivering the maximum dose to the tumor.
When you hear the word “radiation,” you may immediately think of radioactive substances. However, no radioactive substances are involved in the creation of the beam by a medical linear accelerator. When a linear accelerator is switched “on,” radiation is produced and aimed directly at cancer cells. Then when the system is switched off, radiation is no longer emitted from the system.
The TrueBeam system gives medical professionals the tools to treat many different types of cancers. Benefits include:
TrueBeam treatment involves these basic steps:
There are a number of medical professionals who may be involved in your treatment:
The length of the treatment course varies depending on the diagnosis. Generally, radiation therapy usually is given daily over several weeks.
External radiation therapy does not cause anyone’s body to become radioactive. After receiving TrueBeam treatments, you won’t need to avoid being with other people. Side effects of radiation therapy most often are related to the area that is being treated. You should consult with your doctor to discuss the specific diagnosis, prognosis and possible side effects from radiation treatment.
The exact cost of radiation therapy will depend on the type and number of treatments a patient needs. Many health insurance policies cover charges for radiotherapy. You should speak with your insurer, your doctor’s office staff or the hospital business office about your policy and how expected costs will be paid.