Particles knife therapy for cancer treatment

Treatment of tumors with radiation produces side effects are relatively small for the body. The presence of radioactive seed implantation method with minimum side effects and is capable of burning tumors has been used in Indonesia and beneficial to patients.

Methods of particle therapy that is in imaging guidance or better known as CT-scan, put a long piece of iodine particles with an area of approximately 3.6 square mm into the tumor body. With careful calculation made ​​by the experts, the model directional blasting will not damage healthy tissue surrounding the tumor to avoid killing the wrong tumor.

Iodine particles are included in the tumor continues to emit gamma rays that quickly overcome tumor cells. Proliferation of tumor cell lines was cut, it is entirely consistent with tumor morphology seed implantation, thereby achieving the same effect as surgical resection blades, also known as term particle knife. Coupled with the ability of the particles to the destruction radio higher cancer cells.

According to the tumor, treatment can be done for patients whose tumor is detected early, advanced stage, and that has made radiation but had a relapse. The advantages of this therapy also helps patients inoperable tumors and cancer, such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, brain cancer, lung cancer, and pancreatic cancer.

In general, the handling of radioactive implantation guided by CT-scan. Having carried out the operation, from a CT-scan again, the state of the tumor will shrink. And a year later, the tumor lump smaller. With this therapy, cancer patients get a better quality of life.