What Is EBRT?
Radiation therapy is an important part of the combined treatment of malignant tumours. Radiotherapy aims to kill tumour cells with ionizing radiation, which in turn leads to a decrease in the risk of cancer recurrence after surgery and/or drug treatment, a decrease in the size of the tumour before surgery, a reduction in clinical symptoms (for example, pain due to a growing tumour) and therefore an improvement in the quality of life. Radiotherapy can also be used as an independent method of treatment.
The main principle of radiation therapy is to bring the maximum possible dose to the tumour with minimal damage to the surrounding healthy tissues. To implement this principle, it is necessary to achieve maximum compliance of the volume distribution of the input dose with the spatial configuration of the irradiated volume. The higher the degree of conformality of the dose distribution, the smaller the volume of healthy tissues are exposed to unnecessary radiation.
Why contact us
The Israeli Tel Aviv Medical Clinic uses modern equipment for remote radiotherapy. Our employees have great practical experience and knowledge. We try to create the most comfortable conditions for our patients and surround them with round-the-clock care and control. The clinic set prices as in a state hospital. At the same time, you receive high-quality services for which you pay less. If necessary, our staff will help contact charitable foundations.
What is the essence of the procedure?
Remote radiation therapy uses an external radiation source that generates radiation beams, for example, photons or electrons. The tumour itself and nearby tissues are included in the ionizing radiation field. Thus, radiation, affecting the genetic apparatus of the cell, damages it and the cell dies, then it undergoes destruction. Usually, treatment is carried out 5 times a week. To effectively destroy the tumour and preserve normal tissues, a team of professionals consisting of a radiotherapist, medical physicist, dosimetrist develop an individual radiation plan using a planning system and appropriate software.
Before radiotherapy sessions, the mandatory stage is the computer-tomographic marking of the tumour. In some cases, the neoplasm needs to be marked with special markers that are implanted into it and later help track the target of radiation.