Treatment delivery by Elekta
Brachytherapy is a well-known treatment for certain types of bladder cancer, with good clinical outcomes. A key advantage of brachytherapy is the potential to spare the bladder, which improves the quality of life for the patient.
The Luneray® Applicator consists of an integrated catheter/needle system, designed to enable laparoscopic, minimally invasive bladder brachytherapy procedures.
Combination of laparoscopy and cystoscopy, to view both sides of the bladder wall. With laparoscopic instruments, the bladder wall is cleared for accessibility, the borders of the clinical target volume (CTV) are marked by titanium clips, and three to four brachytherapy catheters are positioned in parallel along the bladder wall. Both catheters' ends protrude from the patient's skin.
"The Luneray catheter creates new opportunities to treat select bladder cancers in a minimally invasive way."
G. Smits, MD, PhD, Urologist, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands
E. van der Steen – Banasik, MD, Radiation Oncologist, Arnhem Radiotherapy Institute, The Netherlands
Determine applicator position relative to tumor and OaR
Homogeneous dose delivery on the target while sparing the OaR
Designing the optimal dose distribution can be a time-consuming job. The latest version of Oncentra Brachy offers a series of useful tools that simplify many repetitive tasks, such as contouring and reconstruction. Oncentra Brachy buys you time to focus on what counts: creating the optimal dose distribution to destroy cancer cells.
Oncentra Brachy also helps you optimize treatment plan accuracy, providing easy navigation to any plane that offers the most relevant information per region of interest. Template solutions for repetitive tasks, such as the new Implant Modeling tool and the popular Applicator Modeling feature, help reduce implant reconstruction time. DVH presets and the ROI Catalog Manager can help improve accuracy and reproducibility, reducing risk factors. Powerful inverse planning optimization automates volume-based planning, making the process fast and efficient.
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Chris Lee, MPE at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, UK, on Flexitron
The BrachyAcademy comprises a complete peer-to-peer medical education library and includes programs such as clinical workshops and training visits to leading hospitals worldwide.
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We've created our online educational brachytherapy portal for patients and those who are supporting patients throughout their curative treatment, to provide key information and to help those affected gain an understanding of brachytherapy.
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