GUANGZHOU YOU-HAO HOSPITAL ONCOLOGY CENTRE
廣州友好醫院腫瘤综合治療中心
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GUANGZHOU YOU-HAO HOSPITAL ONCOLOGY CENTRE 廣州友好醫院腫瘤综合治療中心
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Treatments Offered.1.CEC (Cancer Emboli Cleavage) 2.Brachytherapy/Internal Gamma Knife 4.Biotherapy (Stem Cell Therapy) |
BRACHYTHERAPY also known as Internal Gamma Knife
or Nuclear Particle Knife
(A Type of Internal Radiation Therapy for Carcinomas and Sarcomas)
This
treatment is one of the most advanced treatment methods for
nucleide
to treat cancer (brachytherapy).
This
type of treatment has been used extensively in Seattle , USA
for
treating early stage prostate cancer. Our hospital was the first
in Guangzhou to introduce
and have been implementing this
method
of treatment and for the last 3 years with great success.
Treatment Principle
Brachytherapy uses internal radiation to destroy cancer cells and shrink tumors.
The radiation
source, which looks like rice is made of titanium.
Inside of it is a half-life iodine with an isotope of 125. This
seed source or micro-radiator emits low-energy radiation
continuously after it is planted accurately into the tumor or
the surrounding area/tissue attacked by cancer.The radioactive energy causes maximum destruction to the tumor tissue with little or no
injury to the normal tissue.This form of internal radiation is far superior to external radiation which is used in conventional radiotherapy
Features and Benefits of the treatment
1.A ‘punctured particle’ needle is used to implant the particle into the body. This is a simple operation and causes minimal damage to the patient
2. This treatment can be used on any and every part of the body which is accessible to the reach of the punctured particle needle.
3. This treatment method can be used for cases which have not responded to other methods
The low-energy radiation which is emitted
continuously
effectively destroys the cancer cells. A sufficient dosage and
appropriate generation time period result in the total eradication of the cancer cells and make for total recovery
Application Range This
method can be used for brain tumor, nasopharyngeal
carcinoma,
lung cancer, cancer of esophagus, lymphoma, breast
cancer, prostate cancer, thyroid gland cancer, cervix cancer, liver cancer, bone cancer, etc.
Even cancers which have metastasized after operation can be treated .
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