Tomotherapy represents the future of radiation therapy. Some of its major advantages are:

Tomotherapy Unit

  • Tomotherapy will do a quick CT scan before each treatment starts, to ensure the patient is aligned perfectly.
  • A thin beam is rotated around the body, entering from many directions, while the couch simultaneously moves into the machine. This effectively results in thousands of little beamlets of different intensities entering the body, converging on the tumors.
  • A very powerful multiple-processor computer calculates the treatment plans and coordinates treatment delivery.
  • Tomo can treat big or little tumors, single or multiple tumors, one region of the body or several regions, to the same dosage in every area or to multiple different dosages. The possibilities are endless!
  • Tomo can avoid organs we tell it to. We can miss the salivary glands and treat the throat tumor. Miss the spinal cord and retreat the spinal bone. Miss the kidneys and treat the pancreas.

Below is a video of how tomotherapy works: