Press release from Business Wire India
Source: BGS Global Hospitals
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 09:12 PM IST (03:42 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Business services, Healthcare, biotechnology & pharmaceutical; Technology; Healthcare
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BGS Global Hospitals Commissions the World's Most Advanced Radiation Therapy Technology for Cancer Treatment
The First 'TruebeamT STx' in Asia Pacific, Now at Bangalore
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Tuesday, January 17, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- -- Global Hospitals Group, now at the forefront of cancer treatment in India. Launches BGS Global Cancer Institute at BGS Global Hospitals.
-- To offer comprehensive cancer treatment with world's most advanced radiation therapy machine TrueBeam STx. A radical new approach that expands radiation treatment options for even the most difficult to treat cancers.
-- TrueBeam STx is the latest next generation series of Radiation Oncology LINACS being introduced for the first time in Asia Pacific at Bangalore, India. It targets only cancer cells in tumors even in moving organs (lungs, prostate, and kidney) with amazing precision while sparing the surrounding normal healthy tissues.
-- No other machine either in Bangalore or in India or for that matter in Asia Pacific has the ability to do
- Rapid Arc with gating-'Gated RapidArc'
- All kinds of radiotherapy techniques including stereotactic procedures in a single machine
As a landmark development for cancer patients, Global Hospitals Group today announces the launch of BGS Global Cancer Institute, which is equipped with world's most advanced radiation therapy machine, TrueBeam STx. In India there are some centers (though none in Bangalore) which are equipped with normal TrueBeam, but BGS Global Hospitals is introducing TrueBeam STx for the first time in Asia Pacific. The TrueBeam STx is an advanced radiation therapy machine engineered to perform the most sophisticated radiation therapy and radio-surgery procedures with pinpoint accuracy and ultra-fine precision. It works by choreographing highly sophisticated systems-imaging, beam delivery and motion management-and makes it possible to deliver treatments quickly while monitoring and compensating for tumor motion. It will enable faster, accurate tumor targeting in the treatment of challenging cancers throughout the body, including those in the brain, pancreas and liver. Already installed and operational, Radiation oncologists at BGS Global Hospitals are routinely performing complex procedures with amazing precision and patient comfort. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. K. Ravindranath, Chairman & Managing Director, Global Hospitals Group said, "At Global Hospitals Group, we are on a constant quest to bring patients the best treatments in the form of clinical expertise and technology. Towards this, we have been continuously investing on the most advanced technologies. I am personally very delighted that, today we bring to the people of Karnataka, Asia Pacific's first TrueBeam STx. Since, inception, we have been routinely performing medical and surgical procedures to treat a variety of cancers. The addition of TrueBeam STx will now help us in bringing the cancer patients requiring radiation therapy, the best radiation technology ever. We will soon be commissioning Gamma Camera and Brachy Therapy machines too, while PET CT is already commissioned, which will make BGS Global Hospitals a complete "one-stop" destination for the most advanced radiation therapy treatments in the world".
Mr. David James, Director of Surgical Sciences at Varian Medical Systems, Germany while speaking highlighted the unique advantages of TrueBeam STx, said, "At Varian, we are delighted that Asia Pacific's first TrueBeam STx is commissioned at BGS Global Hospitals. The high precision, accuracy and visibility of Trubeam STx provide the cancer professionals at BGS Global Hospitals with the tools they need to eliminate even complex tumors. With such unsurpassed technology in their hands, they have the ability to expand their practice by treating in new and innovative ways. They now can spare more surrounding critical structures and deliver more ablative treatments with leading-edge delivery of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). "
ADVANTAGES OF TRUEBEAM STX:
-- Versatility- an 'All in One' machine
- TrueBeam STx is the only machine which has the capability of performing all types of radiotherapy techniques including the complex radio surgical procedures like stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) by itself.
- This unparalleled unique versatility of the machine gives the radiation oncologist, the freedom of tailoring the best suitable treatment for each patient and deal all complex tumors with ease
-- Fast, Precise Treatments
- Deliver treatments 2.4 to 4 times faster with a dose delivery that is with double the output of most other radio surgery systems.
- Further speeds up treatments with an up to five-fold reduction in the steps needed for imaging, positioning and treating patients.
- A complex radio-surgery that typically takes 30 to 60 minutes can be completed in just 5 to 20 minutes.
-- Fast Imaging at Lower Doses
- Generates 3-D images of the tumor and surrounding anatomy 60% faster than was possible with previous technologies.
- Images can be generated using 25% less X-ray dose which is good for the patient.
- Can be used for many forms of advanced treatments, including stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and stereotactic radio-surgery (SRS).
- Each of these approaches allows the Doctors to tailor the treatments to a patient's particular type of cancer
-- Treating Tumors That Move
- With advanced imaging, it delivers treatment more accurately by enabling Clinicians to actually "see" the tumor they treat and target tumors with sub-millimeter accuracy, which helps protect nearby healthy tissue and critical organs.
- Other motion management tools synchronize beam delivery with the tumor motion that occurs as the patient breathes in and out.
- The new Gated RapidArc capability makes it possible to compensate for respiratory motion during a RapidArc® radiotherapy technology treatment, which is faster than conventional approaches to image-guided radiotherapy because it is delivered with just one or several continuous rotations around the patient.
- This 'gating' capability helps maintain accuracy as the system synchronizes its targeting when tumor motion is an issue, for example during lung cancer treatments.
- This gating combination with RapidArc helps deliver safer, faster treatment with greater accuracy increasing patient comfort, for which TrueBeam STx is designed for.
-- Improving the Patient Experience
- Offers features designed to improve the patient experience. Mechanisms run smoothly, quietly and fast.
- Three closed-circuit television systems and a two-way audio system allow for comprehensive monitoring of the patient from outside the treatment room and facilitate interactions between patient and therapist.
- Enhanced technology enables music to be played during the short treatments, helping to create a more soothing treatment environment.
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CONTACT DETAILS
Sandhya Prasad, DGM-Corporate Communications, BGS Global Hospitals, +91 9886656787, sandhya.prasad@globalhospitalsindia.com
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