Release date: 2015-12-17
~ This is the first cancer treatment center in northern Texas to use proton technology. Before the center's new opening, Dallas was the only metropolis without a proton beam cancer treatment center. The most recent proton beam treatment center was the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and the ProCure proton therapy in Oklahoma City. Center (ProCure Proton Therapy Center).
Doctors at the Texas Proton Therapy Center say the center is the only center in the country to offer the latest proton therapy technology, including image-guided pencil beam scanning in multiple treatment rooms, a new approach to treating tumors compared to traditional radiation therapy. Higher precision can be achieved.
According to Andrew Lee, the center's medical consultant, proton therapy is more effective and can improve the quality of life of cancer patients before and after treatment.
Lee said that due to the high precision of proton therapy, it can minimize the damage to healthy tissue surrounding the tumor and related side effects. This is very important for children with cancer because the child's body is still growing and developing. In addition, if the adult cancer patient's tumor is located in sensitive areas such as the brain, spine, chest, prostate, head and neck, this treatment The method is also very suitable.
The Texas Proton Therapy Center is located at 1501 West Royal Mile, Irvine, with a floor area of ​​65,000 square feet and was constructed in May 2013. The center is equipped with the latest equipment from the Brussels manufacturer IBA, including a 220-ton cyclotron (a huge magnet-enclosed particle accelerator) and two isometric gantry rack treatment rooms, one for each treatment room. With up to 30 feet and a machine weighing 110 tons, this rotating machine can increase the accuracy of treating tumors. In addition, there are fixed beam therapy rooms, PET/CT imaging and MRI technology, and can provide on-site laboratory services.
The Texas Proton Therapy Center accepts an average of more than 100 patients per day.
The center's four doctors and other medical and support team members have more than 70 years of cumulative experience in proton therapy, including some pioneers in the field, such as Lee, who was the first to implement a pencil beam scanning proton in North America. Therapy doctor.
Here are some facts about the center.
l The cyclotron weighs 220 tons and weighs more than seven school buses.
l The wall around the cyclotron is up to 12 feet thick and the ceiling is ten feet thick.
The proton particles will accelerate through a 143-foot beamline from the cyclotron to the patient's tumor, which is almost half the length of the football field.
l This 63,000-square-foot building uses 14,500 cubic yards of concrete, which is enough to build an eight-story parking lot or fill four and a half Olympic-sized swimming pools.
l The length of the wire used in the treatment center is approximately 21 miles.
l Buildings use 287 concrete piers to ensure maximum stability of the cyclotron.
l The Texas Proton Therapy Center will be the first independent proton therapy center in the United States to receive LEED certification.
Source: Kexun Medical Network
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