Department of radiation therapy

Radiation therapy is a method of treating neoplastic and a number of non-neoplastic diseases using ionizing radiation (AI). Special devices generate AI and direct it to the desired target, as a result of which the process of division of tumor cells stops. Radiation therapy is one of the three leading treatments for cancer. Along with surgical and medicinal methods of treatment, radiation therapy for some diseases allows for a complete cure. Currently, radiation therapy is used in more than 75% of cases in the treatment of cancer. Like chemotherapy, treatment using AI can be used as an independent method of treatment, and can be accompanied by surgery.
Today, in our center, radiation treatment is carried out on high-tech equipment. For remote irradiation in 2018, the center installed the newest medical linear accelerator in the world – Electa Infinity. Electa Infinity is a fully digital system designed specifically for the use of modern radiotherapy techniques.

The device focuses on stereotactic radiosurgery and stereoxic radiation therapy. Distinctive features of the fifth generation system – Electa Infinity: high accuracy, fast speed, safety.
High accuracy – using the XVI system, the clinical images provided by the Electa Infinity machine allow you to scan the lesion and obtain information about its exact location, detect damage to the organ in real time.
Fast speed – the newest Infinity device also uses the FFF technique (Without smoothing matting filters), which provides instant penetration of a super-powerful dose into the hearth.
Safety – the maximum degree of protection of the surrounding tumor tissue, achieved through the integrated multi-beam optical grid. The system has 160 petals, the projection width of each petal is 5 mm at the isocenter, while the transmittance is reduced by 0.5%, which greatly enhances the design ability, making it possible to minimize the radiation dose to the patient as a whole.

By setting a new level in dose accuracy, speed and efficiency of digital control, the Elekta Infinity linear accelerator allows the use of modern rotational irradiation techniques for the maximum number of patients. Elekta Infinity provides an unrivaled level of dose conformance and speed of the procedure, as well as maximum patient safety due to ultra-low intensity of irradiation of structures outside the target. Possessing optimal performance for VMAT (arc modulation by volume), the Elekta Infinity system reduces the time of therapeutic treatment, allowing a significant reduction in the radiation dose received by intact tissues around the tumor. Extensive imaging capabilities, combined with the most advanced irradiation capabilities in the rotational mode, can significantly increase the dose directly into the tumor, compared with standard techniques, reducing the irradiation time by more than 50%. This technique makes it possible to treat several zones, while increasing the dose on the target, with a sparing mode of irradiation of healthy tissues.
For remote radiation therapy this year it is planned to install a linear accelerator – Electa Synergy, and remote gamma-therapeutic equipment TERABALT-100.

Brachytherapy. The term “brachytherapy” is derived from two Greek words meaning “short distance” and “treatment”. Brachytherapy has been used for many years. It is proven that it is an effective and safe method for the treatment of endometrial cancer, mammary glands, prostate and other organs. Brachytherapy for cervical cancer helps to preserve the organ and reproductive function of women. This treatment reduces the risk of long-term side effects of radiation therapy.
Since 2002, brachytherapy has been performed by us on the “Gamma Med plus” device. The use of “soft-energy” radiation of iridium-192 allows to bring a high local dose to the irradiated volume necessary for resorption of the tumor and significantly reduce the radiation dose of the tissues and organs adjacent to the tumor. Today, equipment is being upgraded to the level of “Gamma Med plus iX”.

A new brachytherapy equipment has been purchased and is being prepared for installation – ELEKTA Flexitron.

The Radiotherapy Department of the Center provides radiation therapy for the following oncological diseases:

– Sarcoma of soft tissues;
– Malignant tumors of the female genital organs;
– Tumors of the cervix;
– Tumors of the body of the uterus;
– Cancer of the vulva;
-Lungs’ cancer;
– Cancer of the anal canal;
– Prostate cancer;
-Rectal cancer;
– Tumors of the oral cavity;
– Tumors of the nasopharynx and oropharynx;
– Tumors of the larynx;
– Tumors of the head and neck;
– Tumors of the maxillary sinus;
– Combined radiation therapy.

Contact department:
Address: Tashkent Shaykhantakhur district, Farobi street 383.
Tel: (71) 246-98-61